Babil Province

Babil Province () (or Babylon Province) is a province in central Iraq. It haes an aurie o 5,603 square kilometres (2,163 sq mi), wi an estimatit population o 1,950,000 fowk in 2013. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Hillah, which lees opposite the auncient ceety o Babylon (بابل), on the Euphrates river.

Provincial Govrenment
Govrenor: Muhammad Ali Al-Messoudi (Electit 18 Mairch 2011; 5t Govrenor o Babylon)
Deputy Govrenor: Iskander Witwit
Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Kadhim Majid Tuman

History
The auncient ceety o Babylon in present-day Babylon Province wis the caipital o auncient Babylonie, situatit on the Euphrates river sooth o Baghdad, Iraq.

The ceety wis occupeed frae the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nt millennium unner the kings o the First Dynasty o Babylon. The saxt king o this dynasty wis Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) who made Babylon the caipital o a vast empire an is best remembered for his code o laws.

The ceety achieved pre-eminence when Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) extendit the Babylonie Empire ower maist o Wastren Asie.

Destricts
 Al-Mahawil Destrict (Al-Mahawil)
 Al-Musayab Destrict (Al-Musayab)
 Hashimiya Destrict (Hashimiya)
 Hilla Destrict (Hillah)

Ceeties
 Babylon - auncient caipital
 Al Hillah (670,000) - provincial capital
 Al Hashmiya (100.000
 Al Kasim   (210.000)
 Al Hamzah (190.900)
 Al Askandariyah (270.000)
 Al latifiyah  (40,000)
 Salman Pak (127.000)
 Yousefiah (20.000)
 Musayyib (300.000)
 Jurf Al Sakhar (19.000)
 Al Muhaweel (212,000)

See an aw
 Babylon
 Babylonie

Freemit airtins
"Babil Govrenorate Profile"  Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq's Provinces frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit


Category:Provinces o Iraq
Category:Fertile Crescent