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Line 1: {{coord\|33\|3\|42\|N\|44\|21\|15\|E\|type:city\|display=title}} Mahmoudiyah ~~district~~District (also transliterated '''Al-Mahmudiyah District, Al-Mahmoudi''', or [[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)

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