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Baqubah
Diyala, Iraq · Asia
About Baqubah
Baqubah sits on the route: 15 minutes from Khāliş.
Baqubah is in Diyala, Iraq, with about 150,000 people. The nearest town is Khāliş, about 9 km away.
Baqubah (Arabic: بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km (31 mi) to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,000. While some sources say that Baqubah'sRead more
total population is 600,000.
Baqubah served as a way station between Baghdad and Khorasan on the medieval Khorasan Road. During the Abbasid Caliphate, it was known for its date and fruit orchards, irrigated by the Nahrawan Canal. It is now known as the centre of Iraq's commercial orange groves.
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Baqubah is in Diyala, Iraq, about 9 km from Khāliş.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 152,550
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Diyala
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Coordinates
- 33.7540, 44.6052
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