Miqdadiyah

Miqdadiyah
المقدادية (Arabic)
شارەبان (Kurdish)
Miqdadiyah is located in Iraq
Miqdadiyah
Miqdadiyah
Location within Iraq
Coordinates: 33°58′43.0″N 44°56′13.0″E / 33.978611°N 44.936944°E / 33.978611; 44.936944
Country Iraq
GovernorateDiyala
MunicipalityAl-Miqdadiya District
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
155,968

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

Etymology

The etymology of the name Miqdad or Miqdadiyah stands for Persian "Given by the Magi", in the same way as the name Baghdad stands "Given by God".

References

  1. ↑ "نسبة المخدومين في محافظة ديالى". Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Di encama şer de 4 kes hatin kuştin" [As a result of the war, 4 people were killed]. Peyama Kurd (in Kurdish). 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. 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). 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (24 April 2015). "Irak: Sikkerhetssituasjon og internflyktninger i Diyala, april 2015" [Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Diyala, April 2015] (PDF). Refworld. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  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.