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'''Mahmoudiyah''' (also transliterated '''Mahmudiyah, Mahmoudi''', or '''Mahmoodiyah''', prefixed usually with '''Al-''') is a mixed[[Sunni]] Arab [[Iraq]]i rural city south of [[Baghdad]]. Known as the “Gateway to Baghdad,” the city's proximity to Baghdad made it central to the counterinsurgency campaign.
 
[[Mahmudiya District]] has about 550,000 inhabitants, about 92% of them are [[Sunni]] [[Arabs]] and the rest are mostly Shias.