Muqdadiyah

Muqdadiyah (Arabic: المقدادية‎) (also transliterated Al-Muqdadiyah, Muqdadia, Miqdadiyah) is a city in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located at 33°58′43″N 44°56′13″E / 33.97861°N 44.93694°E / 33.97861; 44.93694, about 80 km northeast of Baghdad and 30 km northeast of Baquba, the capital of Diyala. It has a population of about 298,000 inhabitants, The alternative name of the town is Shareban (kurdish: Şareban or شاره‌بان), mentioned as such in the works of the classical writers such as Ptolemy and Strabo. Sharaban stands for a satrap. This name is still used locally by the Kurds. As of late, however, the term Muqdadiyah has largely replaced the old name. The most reliable and most widely accepted etymology for the name...