Miqdadiyah

Miqdadiyah (Arabic: المقدادية; Kurdish: شارەبان, Şareban (Shareban, Sharaban)^[2][3]) is a city in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Its population is a mix of Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen.^[4] The city is located about 80 km (50 mi) northeast of Baghdad and 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Baquba.

Miqdadiyah المقدادية (Arabic) شارەبان (Kurdish)
Miqdadiyah
Coordinates: 33°58′43.0″N 44°56′13.0″E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Diyala
Municipality	Al-Miqdadiya District
Population  (2014)
• Total	155,968[1]

Etymology

The etymology of the name Miqdad or Muqdadia stands for Persian "Given by the Magi", in the same way as the name Baghdad stands "Given by God".^[5]

References

1. "نسبة المخدومين في محافظة ديالى". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
2. "Di encama şer de 4 kes hatin kuştin" [As a result of the war, 4 people were killed] (in Kurdish). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
3. "شاره‌بان... بە هۆی وەرگەڕانی ئۆتۆمبێلێكەوە سێ كەس بوونە قوربانی" [Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a car accident] (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
4. "Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Diyala, April 2015" (PDF).
5. Malayeri, Mohammadi (1375). فرهنگ ایران در دوران انتقال از عصر ساسانی به عصر اسلامی، جلد دوم [Iranian culture during the transition from the Sassanid era to the Islamic era, the second volume] (in Persian). TOS Publications.

External links

• Iraq Image - Muqdadiyah Satellite Observation