Baqubah

Baqubah (; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; spelt Baquba an Baqouba, aw meanin "Jacob's hoose" an aw) is the caipital o Iraq's Diyala Province.

The ceety is locatit some  tae the northeast o Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it haed an estimatit population o some 467,900 fowk.Web

Baqubah served as a way station atween Baghdad and Khorasan on the medieval Silk Road. Durin the Abbasid caliphate, it wis kent for its date an fruit orchards. Situatit on the main road an rail routes atween Baghdad an Iran it is a centre o trade for agricultural produce. It is nou kent as the centre o Iraq's commercial orange groves.

References

Freemit airtins
 Iraq Image – Baqubah Satellite Observation 
 Text, Videos, an picturs frae the front lines an durin fuid distribution. 

Category:Populatit places in Diyala Province
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road
Category:Destrict caipitals o Iraq
Category:Ceeties in Iraq