Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Ba'qubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala province. Categories: Stub | Provinces of Iraq ...

The city is located at 33°45′ N 44°38′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=33_45_N_44_38_E_), some 50 km to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River, within Iraq's so-called Sunni Triangle. In 2002 it had an estimated population of some 280,000 people. A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... Map of Mesopotamia showing the Diyala River The Diyala River is a river and tributary of the Tigris that runs through Iran and Iraq. ... Map of the Sunni Triangle The Sunni Triangle refers to a roughly triangular area of Iraq to the northwest of Baghdad. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The site has been inhabited continuously since pre-Islamic times as a center for agriculture and commerce. The name itself is thought to have come from the Aramaic Baya 'quba, meaning “Jacob's house.” It served as a waystation between Baghdad and Khorasan on the medieval Silk Road. It is now known as the center of Iraq’s commercial orange groves. Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Khorasan (also spelled Khurasan and Khorassan; خراسان in Persian) is an area, located in eastern and northeastern Iran. ... The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sī chóu zhī lù) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Changan, China with Antioch, Syria, as well as other points. ...

During the course of the U.S-led occupation of Iraq, Baquba emerged as the scene of some of the heaviest guerilla activity, along with the Sunni enclaves of Fallujah, Ramadi, and Samarra. It was the site of the heaviest fighting during the June 24, 2004 insurgent offensive. Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, took responsibility for the attacks. Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Shosei Koda and with the banner in the background Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Arabic: جماعة ال�توحيد والجهاد, Monotheism and Holy Struggle Movement) is the Islamist guerrilla network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian_born Islamist militant believed operating against... Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in one of eight photos from Rewards for Justice, all undated. ...

See also

• List of places in Iraq