Babil Province
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Babil Province ([بابل Bābil] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) (or Babylon Province) is a province in central Iraq. It haes an aurie o 5,603 square kilometres (2,163 sq mi), wi an estimatit population o 1,950,000 fowk in 2013. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Hillah, which lees opposite the auncient ceety o Babylon (بابل), on the Euphrates river.
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Provincial Govrenment
- Govrenor: Muhammad Ali Al-Messoudi (Electit 18 Mairch 2011; 5t Govrenor o Babylon)
- Deputy Govrenor: Iskander Witwit
- Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Kadhim Majid Tuman
History
The auncient ceety o Babylon in present-day Babylon Province wis the caipital o auncient Babylonie, situatit on the Euphrates river sooth o Baghdad, Iraq.
The ceety wis occupeed frae the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nt millennium unner the kings o the First Dynasty o Babylon. The saxt king o this dynasty wis Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) who made Babylon the caipital o a vast empire an is best remembered for his code o laws.
The ceety achieved pre-eminence when Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) extendit the Babylonie Empire ower maist o Wastren Asie.
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Destricts
- Al-Mahawil Destrict (Al-Mahawil)
- Al-Musayab Destrict (Al-Musayab)
- Hashimiya Destrict (Hashimiya)
- Hilla Destrict (Hillah)
Ceeties
See an aw
- Babylon
- Babylonie
Freemit airtins
- "Babil Govrenorate Profile" Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq's Provinces frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit
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