Babil Governorate


Babil Governorate or Babylon Province is a governorate in central Iraq. It has an area of, with an estimated population of 2,065,042 people in 2018. The provincial capital is the city of Hillah, which lies opposite the ancient city of Babylon, on the Euphrates river.

History

The ancient city of Babylon in present-day Babylon Province was the capital of ancient Babylonia, situated on the Euphrates river south of Baghdad, Iraq.
The city was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nd millennium under the kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. The sixth king of this dynasty was Hammurabi who made Babylon the capital of a vast empire and is best remembered for his code of laws.
The city achieved pre-eminence when Nebuchadnezzar II extended the Babylonian Empire over most of Western Asia.
In 1991 Babil Governorate was the center of a Shia uprising.

Geography

Babylon province is located between 32° to 33.25° North latitude and 44° to 45° East longitude.

Districts

The Babil Governorate is divided into four districts:

Postal codes