Al-Shamiya, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq


🇮🇶 Al-Shamiya (Arabic: الشامية) is a city in Al-Shamiya District, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. It is roughly 147 km south of Baghdad on the Al-Shamiya branch of the Euphrates. Settlement dates back to Sumerian times, but the modern city was established in 1822 during the Ottoman era, named "Hamidya" after Abdul Hamid II. It was renamed al-Shamiya "Levantine" after the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq.

The city's population has grown quickly, from 189,000 in 1997 to 230,974 in 2007 to an estimated 300,000 in 2014. The population has been homogeneously Twelver Shi'a for centuries, and many descend from the Nakha tribe of Arabia. It is located in the fertile, irrigated, drained, and alluvial plain of the middle Euphrates region. The area surrounding the city is notable for its crops, especially rice, dates, and wheat.

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Al-Shamiya has a population of over 300,000 people. Al-Shamiya also forms the centre of the wider Al-Shamiya District which has a population of over 400,000 people.

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Antipodal to Al-Shamiya is: -135.417,-31.95

Locations Near: Al-Shamiya 44.5833,31.95

🇮🇶 Ash Shāmīyah 44.583,31.95 d: 0  

🇮🇶 Najaf 44.333,32 d: 24.2  

🇮🇶 Al Diwaniyah 44.917,31.983 d: 31.7  

🇮🇶 al-Qasim 44.683,32.3 d: 40  

🇮🇶 Hashimiya 44.65,32.35 d: 44.9  

🇮🇶 Al Hashimiyah 44.65,32.35 d: 44.9  

🇮🇶 Ad Diwaniyah 45.05,31.85 d: 45.4  

🇮🇶 Al Hillah 44.417,32.467 d: 59.6  

🇮🇶 Hillah 44.417,32.467 d: 59.6  

🇮🇶 Afak 45.233,32.05 d: 62.3  

Antipodal to: Al-Shamiya -135.417,-31.95

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17872.5  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15934  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15811.9  

🇹🇴 Nukuʻalofa -175.2,-21.133 d: 15904.6  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15903.3  

🇺🇸 Pāhoa -154.946,19.494 d: 13928.1  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13898.8  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13744.9  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13726.4  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13724.7  

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