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City profile · Iraq · Asia

Al Hindīyah

Karbala · Iraq
City population
139,578
#34
in Iraq
#2
in Karbala
#4,076
worldwide
BaghdadAl Hindīyah
32.542, 44.225 · 90 km from Baghdad
City population
139,578
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iraq
#34
of 95 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#4,076
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iraq
0.3%
of the national population

About Al Hindīyah

Al Hindīyah is a city in Karbala, Iraq with a population of 139,578. It is the 34th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, and the 4,076th largest worldwide. It lies 90 km from Baghdad.

Position in Iraq
#34of 95
LargestSmallest
Position in Karbala
#2of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iraq
Region
Karbala
Rank in region
#2of 2
Distance to capital
90 km
to Baghdad
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
32.542, 44.225
Record updated
2026-04-23
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 95 in Iraq

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

20KMSaddat al Hindīyah36K people20KMAl Hillah456K people20KMKarbala1.22M people22KMAl Maḩāwīl31K people27KMAl-Musayab102K people

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