Birah
Birah is a village in Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate. Birah is situated nearby to the village Arab Husayn al Khalaf, as well as near the locality Kharaib Hamid as Salman.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baqubah and Habbah.
Baqubah
Photo: MUSTAFA JASSEM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baqubah is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,000.
Habbah
Town
Hibhib is a village in Iraq, located 8 km northwest of Baquba. It is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arab. Habbah is situated 10 km northwest of Birah.
Birah
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Bīrah” and “Bīrah, بيرة, Birah, بيرة”
- Category: locality
- Location: Al-Miqdadiya District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.70876° or 33° 42′ 32″ northLongitude
44.56121° or 44° 33′ 40″ eastElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
8H56PH56+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2488497712OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6784505
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