Iskandarīyah (Iraq)
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Name (Latin)
Iskandarīyah (Iraq)
Other forms of name
Al Iskandariyah (Iraq)
Nahiyat al-Iskandariyah (Iraq)
Sikandariyeh (Iraq)
Khan Iskandariya (Iraq)
Iskenderie (Iraq)
Iskanderiyeh (Iraq)
Iskandariya (Iraq)
Coordinates
44.35 44.35 32.9 32.9 (gooearth )
Associated country
Iraq
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BGN 2004-04-30 Iraq search(Al Iskandarīyah; ppl 32°53ʹ36ʺN 044°21ʹ06ʺE; variants: Nāḥīyat al-Iskandarīyah; Sikandariyeh; Khan Iskandarīya; Iskenderie; Iskanderiyeh; Iskandarīya)
- United States. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Map info. as of 2003. Image city map: Al Iskandariyah, Iraq. 1:10,000
- BGN 2004-04-30 Iraq search(Al Iskandariyah; ppl 32⁰0ʹ5336N 044⁰0ʹ2106E; variants: Nahiyat al-Iskandariyah; Sikandariyeh; Khan Iskandariya; Iskenderie; Iskanderiyeh; Iskandariya)
Wikipedia description:
Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية) 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.
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