Al-Khodar or Al-Khiḍr (

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: الخضر) is a city in

Muthanna Governorate Muthanna Governorate ( ar, المثنى ''Al Muthannā'') or Al Muthanna Province, is a province in Iraq, named after the 7th-century Arab general al-Muthanna ibn Haritha. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia And Kuwait. Its c ...

, southern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, located next to the

Euphrates river The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

. The city is named after the shrine of al-Khidr which is located there. As of 2018, it has 42,800 inhabitants.

Name

The city is named after the shrine of al-Khidr which is located there. Thousands of people come to the city every year to visit the shrine.

Geography

The area of the city is approximately 1000 km² (386 sq mi). It is located 27 kilometres (17 miles) southeast of

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.Calculated with Google Maps

Population

The city is inhabited by a number of Arab tribes who participated in the

Iraqi revolt against the British The Iraqi revolt against the British, also known as the 1920 Iraqi Revolt or the Great Iraqi Revolution, started in Baghdad in the summer of 1920 with mass demonstrations by Iraqis, including protests by embittered officers from the old Ottoman ...

of 1920. Some of the most prominent tribes are the Bani Hajeem, Bani Sa'ad, and the al-'Aboud. In 2009, the city had 34,597 inhabitants. By 2018, that number had increased to 42,800.

Neighborhoods

* al-Sana'a * al-Ansar * al-Khodar al-Qadim * al-'Askari * al-Maqam * al-'Asri * al-Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari * al-Bourisha

References

Populated places on the Euphrates River {{Iraq-geo-stub