Muqdadiyah (also transliterated Al-Muqdadiyah, Muqdadia, Miqdadiyah) is a major city in the Diyala province of Iraq. Diyala is one of the constituent governorates of the nation of Iraq. ...
Named after Muqdad and previously known as Shahraban.
The city is located at 33°58'43" N 44°56'13" E, about 80 km northeast of Baghdad and 30 km northeast of Baquba, the capital of Diyala. Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... Baquba (بعقوبه; also transliterated as Baqubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraqs Diyala province. ...
It has a population of about 200.000 inhabitants, most of them Sunni. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...
Muqdadiyah [Al Miqdadiyah, Miqdadiyah, Muqdadiyh, Shahroban or Shahraban - 33°58'43"N 044°56'13"E ] is an insect-infested, agricultural village 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad and northeast of Baqouba.
Charlie Troop, 10th Cavalry Regiment, was in Muqdadiyah as of October 2003.
In the town of Muqdadiyah in the evening of 16 December 2003, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry were in the vicinity of the PUK headquarters when individuals using automatic weapons fired at them from the rooftop.
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