Qaryat al Mahamidah

Qaryat al Mahamidah is a village in Fallujah District, Al-Anbar Governorate. Qaryat al Mahamidah is situated nearby to the village قرية خلف السلطان, as well as near As Saqlawiyah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anbar.

Anbar

Archaeological site

Anbar was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. Anbar is situated 3½ km east of Qaryat al Mahamidah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqlawiyah and Habbaniyah.

Saqlawiyah

Town

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As Saqlāwīyah is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, in central Iraq. It is located roughly 5 miles northwest of the city of Fallujah. Saqlawiyah is a rural city in between Habbaniyah and Fallujah that sits on the major freeway. Saqlawiyah is situated 3 km north of Qaryat al Mahamidah.

Habbaniyah

Town

Photo: Amd194, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya is a city 85 km west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah is also nearby. Habbaniyah is situated 9 km west of Qaryat al Mahamidah.

Qaryat al Mahamidah

Type: Village
Also known as: “Qaryat al Maḩāmidah” and “Qaryat al Maḩāmidah, قرية المحامده, Qaryat al Mahamidah, قرية المحامده”
Category: locality
Location: Fallujah District, Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.37111° or 33° 22′ 16″ north

Longitude

43.68006° or 43° 40′ 48″ east

Elevation

47 metres (154 feet)

Open location code

8H559MCJ+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2486321858

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

448742

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Qaryat al Mahamidah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “قرية المحامدة”
Arabic: “قرية المحامده”
French: “Qaryat al Mahamidah”
German: “Qaryat al Mahamidah”

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