Mahmoudiyah

Mahmoudiyah is a rural city south of . Known as the "Gateway to Baghdad," the city's proximity to Baghdad made it central to the counterinsurgency campaign. has approximately 350,000 inhabitants, most of whom are Sunni Arabs, over 75% of are Sunni, as reported by the UNHCR IDPs list.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 109,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Mahmūdīya, Al Maḩmūdīyah, المحمودية, Al Mahmudiya, Al Mahmudiyah, المحمودية” and “Mahmoudiyah, Iraq”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latifiya.

Town
, named after river, is an town south of , between Mahmoudiyah and , inhabited originally by 97,043 people. It has a mix of Sunni and Shia Muslim population, and surrounded by in the west and the east by rural areas dominated by Sunni Arabs, while its countryside and towns to the north and south are Shia in their majority. is situated 6 km south of Mahmoudiyah.

Mahmoudiyah

Latitude
33.0568° or 33° 3′ 25″ north
Longitude
44.36495° or 44° 21′ 54″ east
Population
109,000
Open location code
8H563947+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9925302419
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q2618734
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mahmoudiyah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحمودية”
  • Arabic: “المحموديه”
  • Arabic: “قضاء المحمودية”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەحموودیە، عێراق”
  • Chinese: “馬赫穆迪亞”
  • Chinese: “马哈茂迪耶”
  • Chinese: “马赫穆迪亚”
  • Dutch: “Mahmoudiyah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المحموديه”
  • Finnish: “Mahmoudiya”
  • Finnish: “Mahmoudiyya”
  • Finnish: “Mahmudiya”
  • Finnish: “Mahmudiyya”
  • German: “Al-Mahmudiyya”
  • Irish: “Mahmoudiyah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mahmoudiyah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mahmoudiyah i Irak”
  • Norwegian: “Mahmoudiyah”
  • Persian: “شهرستان المحموديه”
  • Persian: “محمودیه”
  • Polish: “Al-Mahmudijja”
  • Russian: “Эль-Махмудия”
  • Spanish: “Mahmudiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Махмудія”

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