Babylon Governorate
Map of Babylon Governorate
030 km (19 mi)60 km (37 mi)90 km (56 mi)120 km (75 mi)
Height
4 m (13 ft), 5 m (16 ft), 15 m (49 ft), 30 m (98 ft), 50 m (164 ft), 70 m (230 ft), Max altitude 79 m (259 ft)Height from west to east in Babylon Governorate
Height from south to north in Babylon Governorate
1Euphrates25 to 43 m2Shatt al Hillah24 to 38 m3Hindiyah Channel24 to 30 m
Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Heights: NASADEM, NASA · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Hillah
Population: 2,000,000 (Wikidata, 2014)
Area: 5,800 km² / 2,239 sq mi
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: 79 m
Lowest point: 4 m
Borders
- Wasit Governorate — East
- Baghdad Governorate — North
- Najaf Governorate — Southwest
- Karbala Governorate — West
- Diyala Governorate — North
- Al Anbar Governorate — West
- Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate — Southeast
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+03:00