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Explore Hilaliyah in Iraq

Hilaliyah in the region of Al Başrah is a place in Iraq - some 248 mi or ( 400 km ) South-East of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Time in Hilaliyah is now 08:10 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Qaryat Yazdu, Shananah, Karbala, Bayt Sayyid Nur, and Baghdad. Since you are here already, consider visiting Qaryat Yazdu . Where to go and what to see in Hilaliyah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Charax Spasinu

Spasinu Charax /spæsɨnuː tʃæræks/, or Charax Spasinu, Charax Pasinu, Charax Spasinou, Alexandria, and Antiochia in Susiana was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene.

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Located at 30.89 47.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Iraq, Former populated places in Iraq, Hellenistic colonies, History of the Middle East, Populated places along the Silk Road

Majnoon Island

Majnoon Island is an island in southern Iraq near Al-Qurnah that is a center for oil production of the Majnoon Oilfield. The area was built out of sand dunes and mud to create pathways for oil pipelines. Before the Gulf War, roughly a sixth of Iraq's oil reserves, some 7 million barrels, passed through this island. Production quickly recovered after the site was a center of fighting in the Iran-Iraq War, particularly Operation Kheibar in 1984.

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Located at 31.08 47.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Islands of Iraq, Petronas, Royal Dutch Shell

Majnoon oil field

Majnoon oil field is a super-giant oil field located 60 km from Basra, Basra Governorate in southern Iraq. Majnoon is one of the richest oil fields in the world with an estimated 23-25 billion and proven reserves of 12.6 billion of barrels of oil in place. The field was named Majnoon which means crazy in Arabic in reference to excessive amount of oil in a dense area.

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Located at 31.07 47.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Oil fields of Iraq

Battle of Rumaila

The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial engagement that took place on March 2, 1991, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, engaged and nearly annihilated a large column of withdrawing Iraqi Republican Guard armored forces during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War.

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Located at 30.70 47.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: 1991 in Iraq, Battles involving Iraq, Battles involving the United States, Battles of the Gulf War, Military scandals