Saddat al Hindiyah is a town on the
Euphrates
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'') ...
River in
Iraq. It is located just south of
Musayyib and 80 km south of
Baghdad with a population of 33,900 as of 2018. Its name derives from the Arabic word for "Indian", in reference to the dozens of Indian manual labourers imported to the area by the British post-World War I, to work on the cities vast agricultural lands.
In October 2003, the US Army initiated rehabilitation of roads and swamp areas in the
Nasir neighborhood of Sadat al Hindiyah, to improve residents’ access to social and economic networks by draining swamps and paving major roads.
Both the modern and old
Hindiya Barrages are located near this town.
References
Populated places on the Euphrates River
Populated places in Babil Governorate
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