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City in Najaf, Iraq
Al-Meshkhab is an Iraqi city and capital of the Al-Meshkhab district situated in the Najaf Governorate, 35 km south of Najaf and 230 km south west of Baghdad. The city is located on the Al-Meshkhab Channel.[1] The majority of the local population consists of Shia Islam belonging to Arabic tribes such as Alzurfy, Muhany and Al-Ghazali. The city was first established as a village in 1916 during the Ottoman Iraq era, promoted to subdistrict then finally upgraded to district capital in 2014.[2]
In 2018 its population was estimated to be north of 140,000.[3]
References
- ^ "موقع النجف عاصمة الثقافة الإسلامية 2012 - النجف اداريا - المشخاب". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ^ الموافقة على تحويل ناحية المشخاب في النجف إلى قضاء
- ^ "Al-Mishkhāb (District, Iraq) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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