City · Iraq
Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah
Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria is an ancient city in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East founded by and named after Alexander the Great. It is a majority Shia Arab district including Musayyib and Jurf Al Sakhr. The district capital is located about 70 kilometres (45 mi) south of Baghdad, near the Euphrates River.
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- Population: 100,600.
- Timezone: Asia/Baghdad.