Al-Meshkhab is an Iraqi city and capital of the Al-Meshkhab district situated in the Najaf Governorate, 35 km south of Najaf and 230 km south west of Baghdad. The city is located on the Al-Meshkhab Channel. The majority of the local population consists of Shia Islam belonging to Arabic tribes such as Alzurfy, Muhany and Al-Ghazali. The city was first established as a village in 1916 during the Ottoman Iraq era, promoted to subdistrict then finally upgraded to district capital in 2014.
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In 2018 its population was estimated to be north of 140,000.
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Towns around Al Mishkhāb
- Nahiyat Ghammas14 km SE
- Ash Shāmīyah21 km NE
- Kufa28 km N
- Najaf28 km NW
- Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah29 km SE
- Al Diwaniyah46 km NE
- Al-Qāsim58 km N
- Al Hillah74 km N
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