Babylon Governorate
{{Short description|Governorate of Iraq}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Babylon Governorate
| native_name = محافظة بابل
| native_name_lang = ar
| other_name = Babil Province
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = مدينة بابل الأثرية - النهر المقابل لقصر صدام.jpg
| photo2a = آثار بابل.jpg
| photo2b = Lion of babylon.jpg
| photo3a = The Babylonian Theater.JPG
| photo3b = Street in Babylon.jpg
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| image_caption = Historical and ancient monuments
| image_map = Babil in Iraq.svg
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| settlement_type = Governorate
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}}
| subdivision_type1 = Capital
| subdivision_name1 = Hillah
| coordinates = {{Coord|32|37|N|44|33|E|type:adm1st_region:IQ-BB|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of = 2018 Estimate
| population_total = 2,065,042
| population_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 5119
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Adnan Fayhan
| density_km2 =
| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2021)
| blank_info_sec2 = 0.682{{Cite web |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org |language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
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| image_seal = محافظة بابل.png
| image_flag = Flag of Babylon Governorate.png
| iso_code = IQ-BB
}}
Babylon Governorate or Babil Province{{Cite book|editor=Parkinson, Jennifer Ann |chapter=Iraq |year=1997 |title=Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures |location=Rome, Italy |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AeXFwPYC8jwC&pg=PA103 103] |isbn=978-92-5-103969-4}}{{Cite journal |author=Mohammad, Mohammad Hadi |year=2012 |title=Prevalence of Bovine Sarcocystosis in Babylon province (مجلة الكوفة للعلوم الطبية البيطرية) |journal=Kufa Journal for Veterinary Medical Sciences |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=78–83 |url=http://www.uokufa.edu.iq/journals/index.php/kjvs/article/viewFile/1567/1426 |access-date=2015-08-26 |archive-date=2017-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018145135/http://www.uokufa.edu.iq/journals/index.php/kjvs/article/viewFile/1567/1426 |url-status=dead }} ({{langx|ar|محافظة بابل}} Muḥāfaẓa Bābil) is a governorate in central Iraq. It has an area of {{convert|5119|km2|sqmi}}, 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.{{Cite web|title=Babil Governorate Profile |date=15 July 2015 |publisher=NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) |url=http://www.ncciraq.org/images/infobygov/Babil_Governorate_Profile_NCCI.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029164333/http://ncciraq.org/images/infobygov/Babil_Governorate_Profile_NCCI.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2015 |url-status=live}}
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.
Geography
File:Map of Babil Governorate by Districts.png
Babylon province is located between 32° to 33.25° north latitude and 44° to 45° east longitude.
=Districts=
=Cities=
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- Babylon – ancient capital
- Hillah (900,000) – provincial capital
- Al Hashimiyah (210,000)
- Al-Qasim (120,000)
- Al Midhatiya (160,000)
- Al-Iskandariya (135,000)
- Latifiyah (150,000)
- Salman Pak (350,000)
- Yusufiyah (17,000)
- Musayyib (175,000)
- Jurf Al Nasr (11,000)
- Al-Mahawil (51,000)
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=Postal codes=
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- Hillah –51001— الحلة
- University of Babylon –51002—جامعة بابل
- Bab Al Mashhad–51003—باب المشهد
- Eshtar –51004—عشتار
- Al Emam –51005—الامام
- Musayyib –51006—المسيب
- Iskandariya –51007—الاسكندرية
- Al-Mahawil –51008—المحاويل
- Al Mashrooa' –51009—المشروع
- Saddat al Hindiyah –51010—سدة الهندية
- Al Kifl –51011—الكفل
- Al Hashimiyah –51012—الهاشمية
- Al-Qasim –51013—القاسم
- Al Showmali –51014—الشوملي
- Abi Gharaq –51015—ابي غرق
- Al Midhatiya –51016—المدحتية
- Al Nile –51017—النيل
- Al Talee'a –51018—الطليعة
- Jurf Al Nasr –51019—جرف الصخر
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Demographics
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|source = Citypopulation{{cite web |title=Population of Governorates |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/iraq/cities/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |language=en}}
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|1977 |592,000
|1987 |1,109,574
|1997 |1,181,751
|2009 |1,729,666
|2018 |2,065,042
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Notes and references
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External links
{{commons category|Babylon Governorate}}
{{Districts of Babil}}
{{Provinces of Iraq}}
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