Iskandariya

Also known as Sikandariyeh, Iskanderiyeh, Al-Iskandariya

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Place details

Locality: الإسكندرية
Region: محافظة بابل
Country: العراق
Population: 100,600
Timezone: Asia/Baghdad

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Iskandariya
Settlement.native_name: الإسكندرية
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.other_name: Alexandria of Iraq
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Iskandariyah thermal power plant, Iraq.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Iskandariyah thermal power plant, 2008
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iraq
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Iskandariya's location inside Iraq
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iraq
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Babylon
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2018
Settlement.population_total: 100,600

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq
See also
External links
Notes
References

Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria () is an ancient city in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East founded by and named after Alexander the Great (Al-Iskandar in Arabic). It is a majority Shia Arab district including Musayyib and Jurf Al Sakhr. The district capital is located about 70 kilometres (45 mi) south of Baghdad, near the Euphrates River.

==History== In ancient times Alexandria stood halfway between Babylon (the place of Alexander's death) and Seleucia on the Tigris (the capital of the Seleucid Empire, very near to modern Baghdad).

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