Babylon Province بابل محافظة Babil Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 32°37′N 44°33′E / 32.617°N 44.550°E | |
Kintra | Iraq |
Caipital | Hillah |
Area | |
• Total | 5119 km2 (1,976 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 2.000.000 |
Babil Province ([بابل Bābil] error: ((lang-xx)): text has italic markup (help)) (or Babylon Province) is a province in central Iraq. It haes an aurie o 5,603 square kilometres (2,163 sq mi), wi an estimatit population o 1,950,000 fowk in 2013. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Hillah, which lees opposite the auncient ceety o Babylon (بابل), on the Euphrates river.
The auncient ceety o Babylon in present-day Babylon Province wis the caipital o auncient Babylonie, situatit on the Euphrates river sooth o Baghdad, Iraq.
The ceety wis occupeed frae the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nt millennium unner the kings o the First Dynasty o Babylon. The saxt king o this dynasty wis Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) who made Babylon the caipital o a vast empire an is best remembered for his code o laws.
The ceety achieved pre-eminence when Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) extendit the Babylonie Empire ower maist o Wastren Asie.
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