Al-Aziziyah (Iraq)
{{short description|Town in Wasit Province, Iraq}}
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| name = Al-Aziziyah
| native_name = العزيزية
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Main street, Al-Aziziyah, Wasit - Apr 23, 2018.jpg
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| image_caption = Main street of Al-Aziziyah, April 2018
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| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = Wasit
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| subdivision_name2 = Al-Aziziyah District
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| established_date = 1866
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Al-Aziziyah ({{langx|ar|العزيزية}}) is an Iraqi town located in Wasit Province, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Located approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Kut, it is the administrative and political centre of Al-Aziziyah District.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IZ/16/Al_Aziziyah.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Al 'Aziziyah, Iraq|website=www.fallingrain.com}} As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 44,868 citizens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Iraq-Cities.html|title=Iraq: Governorates, Major Cities & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|website=www.citypopulation.de}}
History
It was established in 1866 by Ottoman Midhat Pasha, in honor of Sultan Abdülaziz.{{Cite web|url=https://read.opensooq.com/%d9%82%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b8%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%b7/|title=قضاء العزيزية في محافظة واسط|first=Hadeel|last=Dawas|date=May 20, 2019}} On 6 October 1915, English soldiers Percy Cox and Gerard Leachman met at Al-Aziziyah to discuss how to free Baghdad from the Ottomans.{{cite book| last1 = Townshend| first1 = Charles| author1-link = Charles Townshend (historian)| title = When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq 1914-1921| publisher = Faber and Faber| date = 2010| page = 140| isbn = 978-0571237197}}