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Baqubah

Western Asia

Baqubah is the capital of Diyala Governorate in Iraq, located about 50 kilometres northeast of Baghdad on the Diyala River. Its metro-area population reached 377,000 in 2025, though some sources put the city's total population as high as 600,000.

Facts
Population
467,900 1
Population Estimate Year
2003 1
Latitude
33.744722 degrees north 1
Longitude
44.643611 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. Baqubah (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 467,900 (2003)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 33.744722, longitude 44.643611
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 467900 (2003)
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2. GeoNames: Baqubah - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 97990
    33.75403 44.60518 P PPLA IQ 10 99063 152550 48 Asia/Baghdad
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 48 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 44.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 44.75
33.75 44.75 BWh
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Baqubah (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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