Dujail

Dujail is a town in , Iraq. It is about 65 kilometers north of . It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which between 142 and 148 people, including children, died.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 26,400 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Ad Dujayl”, “Al Ibrāhīmīyah”, “Doujail”, “Dücail”, “Ducayil”, “Dücayil”, “Düceil”, “Duceyil”, “Massacre de Doujaïl”, “Nahiya Sumaīka”, “Nāḩiyat ad Dujayl”, “Sumaicha”, “Sumaichah”, “Sumaīka”, “Sumaikcheh”, “Sumaykah”, “Sumeicha”, “Sumeikeh”, “Sumekche”, “Summeicha”, “Suneiki”, “アッ・ドゥジャイル”, “ドジャイル”, and “杜杰勒镇”

Dujail

Latitude
33.83707° or 33° 50′ 13″ north
Longitude
44.24746° or 44° 14′ 51″ east
Population
26,400
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8H56R6PW+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2428924328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
99759
Wiki­data ID
Q988430
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dujail” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدجيل”
  • Asturian: “Dujail”
  • Azerbaijani: “Düceyl”
  • Cebuano: “Ad Dujayl”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوجەیل”
  • Chinese: “杜賈爾村”
  • Chinese: “杜贾尔”
  • Chinese: “杜贾尔村”
  • Dutch: “Dujail”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الدجيل”
  • Esperanto: “Dujail”
  • French: “Doujaïl”
  • German: “Dudschail”
  • Hindi: “दुजेल”
  • Indonesian: “Dujail”
  • Irish: “Dujail”
  • Italian: “Dujail”
  • Japanese: “ドゥジャイル”
  • Korean: “두자일”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dujail”
  • Persian: “دجيل”
  • Persian: “دجیل”
  • Polish: “Ad-Dudżajl”
  • Polish: “Dudżail”
  • Portuguese: “Dujail”
  • Russian: “Эд-Дуджайль”
  • Russian: “Эд-Дуджейль”
  • Scots: “Dujail”
  • Slovenian: “Dudžail”
  • Swedish: “Dujail”
  • Thai: “อัดดุญัยล์”
  • Turkish: “Düceyil”
  • Urdu: “دجیل”
  • Uzbek: “Dujayl”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Dujail and Ad Dujayl.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dujail Sports club and القاعة الرياضية المغلقة.

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