Place:Al-Qādisīyah, Iraq

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NameAl-Qādisīyah
Alt namesAl Qadisiyasource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 336
Al Qadisyahsource: Wikipedia
Al-Qādisiyahsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 293
Al-Qādisīyah governoratesource: War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
Muāfaat Al-Qādisīyahsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Qadissiya Governoratesource: Wikipedia
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates31.583°N 45.0°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ad-Dīwānīyah
Afak
Al Diwaniyah
Ash Shamiyah
Ash-Shināfīyah
Fara
Shamia
ʿAfak
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Al-Qadisiyah Governorate is one of the governorates of Iraq. It is in the center-south of the country. The estimated population of the province is about a million and a half million people, according to the census of 2014. Its capital is Al Diwaniyah. Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwāniyah Governorate, along with al-Muthannā and Najaf. The province is named after the historical city of Al-Qādisiyah, the site of the Battle of al-Qādisiyah, where in 636 CE the Islamic Rashidun forces defeated the forces of the Sassanid Empire. The governorate is predominantly Shia Arab. It includes the Mesopotamian marsh of Hor Aldelmj. Al-Qādisīyah is a governorate.

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