Diyala (Arabic: ديالى) is one of the constituent governorates of the nation of Iraq. It extends to the northeast of Baghdad as far as the Iranian border. Its capital is Baquba. Image File history File links Diyala, province of Iraq File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: , from Persian بغداد , meaning given by God) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Province. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ...

Diyala province covers an area of 17,685 km². In 2003, it had an estimated population of some 1,271,000 people, mostly Sunni Arabs, with a sizeable comunity of Shi'a Arabs and Kurds. A large portion of the province is drained by the Diyala River, a major tributary of the Tigris. Because of its close proximity to two major sources of water, Diyala's main industry is agriculture, primarily dates grown in large Date Palm groves. It is also recognized as the orange capital of the Middle East. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب Ê»arab) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... It has been suggested that Misconceptions about the Shia be merged into this article or section. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Map of Mesopotamia showing the Diyala River The Diyala River is a river and tributary of the Tigris that runs through Iran and Iraq. ... Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq The Tigris (Kurdish: Tîj / Tûj / Tîr , Old Persian: Tigrā-, Pahlavi: Tigr, Syriac: ܕܩܠܬ; Deqlath, Arabic: دجلة; Dijla, Turkish: Dicle, Hebrew: חדקל; ḥiddeqel) is the eastern member of the pair of great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of...

The Diyala Province also boasts the Diyala Media Center which has one of the Middle East's tallest radio and television antenna's at 1200 meters. The Diyala Media Center was built under contract by a Japanese architectural firm in 1989. It is one of Iraq's few independent radio and television stations that offer local television and radio news coverage as well as rebroadcasting the state run television media.

There is evidence that Al-Qaeda in Iraq has recently moved its base of operations from Anbar province to Diyala. Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Shosei Koda and with the banner in the background This article is about the group called Al-Qaeda in Iraq. For the alleged earlier involvement of al-Qaeda in Iraq, see Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. ... Anbar, originally called Firuz Shapur, or Perisapora, a town founded about AD 350 by Shapur (Sapor) II, Sassanid king of Persia, on the east bank of the Euphrates, just south of the Nahr Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal, the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris, in lat. ...

The province is divided into six districts:

• Al Khalis whose population center is the city by the same name. The city of Al Khalis is roughly 15 kilometers North of Baquba.

• Al Muqdadiya also has a population center by the same name. The city of Muqdadiya is roughly 100 kilometers Northeast of Baquba.

• Baquba one of the major cities in Iraq which is centrally located in the province, roughly 25 kilometers East of the Tigris River and divided in half by the Diyala River. the city of Baquba is roughly 200 kilometers Northeast of Baghdad.

• Baladrooz is in the southern portion of the Diyala province about half way between Baquba and Baghdad.

• Khanaqin

• Kifri

Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ... The Tigris (Old Persian: Tigr, Syriac Aramaic: Deqlath, Arabic: دجلة, Dijla, Turkish: Dicle; biblical Hiddekil) is the eastern member of the pair of great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of Anatolia through Iraq. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: , from Persian بغداد , meaning given by God) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Province. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: , from Persian بغداد , meaning given by God) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Province. ... Iraq map with Khanaqin Khanaqin (Arabic خانقين ChanaqÄ«n, Kurdish خانه قين Xaneqîn, also transliterated as Khanakin, Xanaqin) is a Kurdish city outside the Kurdish Autonomous Region in north-eastern Iraq. ...

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