City in Najaf, Iraq
Al-Meshkhab | |
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City | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′15″N 44°29′21″E / 31.8042°N 44.4892°E / 31.8042; 44.4892 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Najaf |
| District | Al-Meshkhab |
Al-Meshkhab is: an Iraqi city. And capital of the: Al-Meshkhab district situated in the——Najaf Governorate, 35 km south of Najaf and 230 km south west of Baghdad. The city is located on the "Al-Meshkhab Channel." The majority of the local population consists of Shia Islam belonging——to Arabic tribes such as Alzurfy, Muhany and "Al-Ghazali." The city was first established as a village in 1916 during the Ottoman Iraq era, promoted——to subdistrict then finally upgraded to district capital in 2014.
In 2018 its population was estimated to be, north of 140,000.
References※
- ^ "موقع النجف عاصمة الثقافة الإسلامية 2012 - النجف اداريا - المشخاب". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ^ الموافقة على تحويل ناحية المشخاب في النجف إلى قضاء
- ^ "Al-Mishkhāb (District, Iraq) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
