Habbaniyah
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Al-Habbaniyah
|native_name = ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة
|native_name_lang = ar
|other_name = Habbaniyah
|pushpin_map = Iraq
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Al-Anbar
|population = 32,300
|population_as_of = 2018
|timezone = GMT+3
|utc_offset = +3
|coordinates = {{coord|33|22|55|N|43|34|38|E|region:IQ|display=inline}}
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 31008
}}
Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya ({{langx|ar|ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة}}, al-Ḥabbānīyah) is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah is also nearby.
History
On 25 May 1941, Second Battalion of the Fourth Gurkha Rifles (2/4 GR), forming part of 10 Indian Infantry Division, was airlifted to reinforce and secure Habbaniyah, which was a Royal Air Force airfield under threat from Iraqi ground troops and the German Luftwaffe, located in Mosul, and Baghdad.{{cite book|last1=Col Mackay, JN, compilers|first1=JN|editor1-last=Lieutenant Colonel CG Borrowman|editor1-first=CG|title=History of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles, 1938–1948, vol III|date=1952|publisher=William Blackwood|location=London|pages=22–31|edition=29-43|chapter=II}} It has 74,217 citizens.
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Habbaniyah
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan high F = 60
|Feb high F = 65
|Mar high F = 73
|Apr high F = 86
|May high F = 98
|Jun high F = 106
|Jul high F = 111
|Aug high F =111
|Sep high F = 105
|Oct high F = 92
|Nov high F =76
|Dec high F = 63
|year high F = 87
|Jan low F = 39
|Feb low F = 42
|Mar low F = 48
|Apr low F = 58
|May low F = 68
|Jun low F = 73
|Jul low F = 78
|Aug low F = 77
|Sep low F = 70
|Oct low F = 60
|Nov low F = 51
|Dec low F = 42
|year low F = 59
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.8
|Feb precipitation inch =0.8
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.1
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.4
|May precipitation inch = 0.1
|Jun precipitation inch = 0
|Jul precipitation inch = 0
|Aug precipitation inch = 0
|Sep precipitation inch = 0
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.1
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.8
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.8
|year precipitation inch = 5
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=84604&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Habbaniyah, Iraq
|publisher=Weatherbase
|year=2011
}}
Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
|date=November 2011
}}
References
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{{Coord|33|22|N|43|34|E|display=title|region:IQ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
{{Al Anbar cities}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Category:Populated places on the Euphrates River
Category:Assyrian communities in Iraq
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