Khanaqin is the central city of Khanaqin District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, near the Iranian border (8 km) on the Alwand tributary of the Diyala River. The town is populated by Kurds who speak the Southern Kurdish dialect. Khanaqin is situated on the main road which Shia pilgrims use when visiting holy Islamic cities. The city is rich in oil, and the first Iraqi oil refinery and oil pipeline was built nearby in 1927.
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The city experienced Arabization during the Saddam era, but this has been substantially reversed after the fall of the regime in 2003 and remains disputed.
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Towns around Khānaqīn
- Qaşr-e Shīrīn25 km NE
- Kelar32 km N
- Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb45 km E
- Kifrī55 km NW
- Al Miqdādīyah59 km SW
- Mandalī68 km S
- Derbendîxan89 km N
- Ţūz Khūrmātū92 km NW
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