Baqubah

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Baqubah

Total population

268,866

Coordinates33.74°, 44.63°

Demographic figures from Central Statistical Organization (Iraq). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Baqubah is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km (31 mi) to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,000. While some sources say that Baqubah's total population is 600,000.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Torkom Manoogian

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem (1919-2012)

H

Hayat Jasim Muhammad

Iraqi poet and academic

M

Mohamed Khalaf

Iraqi journalist

Najm ʻAbd Allāh Kāẓim

Iraqi journalist

Y

Yūsuf ʻIzz al-Dīn

Iraqi poet and academic

A

Ahmed Subhi

Iraqi association football player

H

Hadi al-Rubai'e

Iraqi poet

N

Najlah Aldayyeni

Iraqi para table tennis player

K

Kāẓim Saʿd al-Dīn

Iraqi translator

T

Tamīmī, Fāḍil ʻAbbūd

Iraqi academic

B

Bassām al-Bazzāz

Iraqi translator, writer and academic

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ʻAbd al-Laṭīf Ḥammūdī al-Ṭāʼī

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Yāsīn al-Waysī

Ṣ

Ṣabāḥ al-Anbārī

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ʻAbd al-Karīm al-ʻAlwajī

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Muwaffaq al-ʻAnbakī

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Baqubah

City Maps Baqubah Iraq

James McFee · 2017

The 2006 Economic and Product Market Databook for Baqubah, Iraq

Philip M. Parker · 2006

The 2005 Economic and Product Market Databook for Ba'qubah, Iraq

2005

Arrowhead Ripper

Fred Johnson · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Woodchat Shrike

Lanius senator

Seen 2026-09-09

Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

Seen 2026-09-08

Crete alkaliweed

Cressa cretica

Seen 2026-08-28

Indian Roller

Coracias benghalensis

Seen 2026-08-25

Asian Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus vociferus

Seen 2026-08-25

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

Seen 2026-08-24

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-08-24

Graceful Prinia

Prinia gracilis

Seen 2026-08-24

German Cockroach

Blattella germanica

Seen 2026-08-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).