Babylon Governorate
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Babylon Governorate
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| Country | File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq |
| Capital | Hillah |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ali Turki al-Jamali |
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| ISO 3166 code | IQ-BB |
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Babylon Governorate or Babil Province[3][4] (Template:Langx Muḥāfaẓa Bābil) is a governorate in central Iraq. It has an area of 5,119 square kilometres (1,976 sq mi), The population in Babil for 2023 is 1,820,700. The provincial capital is the city of Hillah, which lies opposite the ancient city of Babylon (بابل), on the Euphrates river.
History
The ancient city of Babylon, in present-day Babylon Province was the capital of ancient Babylonia, situated on the Euphrates river south of Baghdad, Iraq.[5]
The city was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nd millennium under the kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. The sixth king of this dynasty was Hammurabi (1792–1750 BC) who made Babylon the capital of a vast empire and is best remembered for his code of laws.
The city peaked in pre-eminence when Nabopolassar (626–605 BC) and his successor and son Nebuchadnezzar II (605–562 BC) extended the Neo-Babylonian Empire over most of Western Asia.
In the year 1991, Babil Governorate was the center of a Shia uprising.[5]
Geography
Babylon province is located between 32° to 33.25° north latitude and 44° to 45° east longitude.
Districts
The Babil Governorate is divided into four districts:[5]
- Al-Mahawil District (Al-Mahawil)
- Al-Musayab District (Al-Musayab)
- Hashimiya District (Al Hashimiyah)
- Hilla District (Hillah)
Cities
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Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1977 | 592,000 | — |
| 1987 | 1,109,574 | +6.48% |
| 1997 | 1,181,751 | +0.63% |
| 2009 | 1,729,666 | +3.23% |
| 2024 | 2,482,324 | +2.44% |
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Notes and references
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Governorates and cities in Iraq". City Population. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iraq National Human Development Report 2025". UNDP. Archived from the original on 2025-12-10. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parkinson, Jennifer Ann, ed. (1997). "Iraq". Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). p. 103. ISBN 978-92-5-103969-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mohammad, Mohammad Hadi (2012). "Prevalence of Bovine Sarcocystosis in Babylon province (مجلة الكوفة للعلوم الطبية البيطرية)". Kufa Journal for Veterinary Medical Sciences. 3 (2): 78–83. doi:10.36326/kjvs/2012/v3i23940. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Babil Governorate Profile" (PDF). NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI). 15 July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population of Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.
External links
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