Babil Governorate
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Babil (Arabic: بابل ) is a province in Iraq. It has an area of 6,468 km², with an estimated population of 1,751,900 people in 2003.
The provincial capital is the town of al Hillah. The city Al Musayyib and the ancient ruins of Babylon (Babil, after which the region is named) are also in the province.
Before 1971 it was known as Hilla province. [link]
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| Al-Anbar | Arbīl | Bābil | Baghdād | Al-Basrah | Dahūk | Dhī Qār | Diyālā | Al-Karbalā' | Maysān | An-Najaf | Nīnawā | Al-Muthannā | Al-Qādisiyyah | At-Tā'mīm | Salāh ad-Dīn | As-Sulaymāniyyah | Wāsit | |
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