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Mahmoudiyah (also transliterated '''Al-Mahmudiyah, Al-Mahmoudi''', or [[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya]], 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]] has approximately 350,000 inhabitants, most of whom are [[Sunni]] [[Arabs]], over 75% of [[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya]] are Sunni,<ref>[http://iraqslogger.powweb.com/index.php/post/3051/Sunni_and_Shia_Tribes_Clash_in_Babel Sunni and Shia Tribes Clash in Babel]</ref> as reported by the UNHCR IDPs list, While the control of all rural areas around the area of
and [[Al Jubour]] (Sunni Arab Tribes)
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