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'''Al-Mahmudiya''' ('''{{lang|ar|المحمودية}}''') is a district in [[Babylon Governorate]], [[Iraq]].
 
Mahmudiya District has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, about 82 percent of them [[Shia]] and the rest [[Sunni]]. This ratio is the result of the [[Civil war in Iraq (2006–07)|Iraqi Civil War]] of 2006-2007, when the Shias of Yousofiya[[Yusufiya]] and Iskandaria[[Iskandariya]] moved to Mahmudiya, and the Sunnis of Mahmudiya sought refuge in the other two cities. Most of the inhabitants live in rural areas.
 
Tribal inhabitants of the district comprise of 5 tribes: '''Al Janabi''', [[Dulaim]], [[Al Ubaid]], '''Qarghoul''' and [[Al Jubour]]