Mahmoudiyah, Iraq: Difference between revisions

'''Al-Mahmoudiyah District''' (also transliterated '''Al-Mahmudiyah District, Al-Mahmoudi''', or '''Mahmoodiyah'''[[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya District]] , prefixed usually with '''Al-''') is a 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|Al-Mahmudiya District]] has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, a majority of whom are [[Shia]] [[Arabs]] over 88% of [[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya Distric]] are shia, while the surrounding rural areas are entirely dominated by Sunni Arab tribes that include: '''Al Tmame''', [[Dulaim]], [[Al Ubaid]], '''Qarghoul''' and [[Al Jubour]] (These are all Shia and Sunni Arab Tribes)