Yusufiyah ( ar, اليوسفية, al-Yūsufīyah; also transliterated as Yusafiyah, Youssifiyah or Yusifiyah, occasionally prefixed with Al-) is a regional township in the

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Background

Yusufiyah is named after Yūsuf (

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). It is about south of

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. It is west of the large city of Mahmudiyah, and northwest of the town of Latifiyah. Yusufiyah is similar in name to the area known as Sadr al Yusufiyah, which is a larger, more urban area near a

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n thermal power plant, approximately west-northwest of the town of Yusufiyah. A major canal, known as the

Yusufiyah canal Yusufiyah ( ar, اليوسفية, al-Yūsufīyah; also transliterated as Yusafiyah, Youssifiyah or Yusifiyah, occasionally prefixed with Al-) is a regional township in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. Background Yusufiyah is named after Yūsuf ( ...

, runs from Sadr al Yusufiyah in the west, through Yusufiyah, and south to Latifiyah. Yusufiyah has a population of 130,176, most living in the city centre. The Yusufiyah area is primarily located on the east side of

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river, of which the Yusufiyah canal is a branch. This area has two archaeological locations called Aldear and Abu Haba. These locations formed part of the defensive borders of

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(2000 B.C.) and the ancient name of Yusufiyah is

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Architecture

The town of Yusufiyah has around one hundred buildings, with less than ten buildings that are over five stories tall. There are at least three mosques within Yusufiyah itself, and at least one in each nearby village. The vast majority of buildings in Yusufiyah are one or two-story brick and cement structures with shops on the first floor and apartments on the second or third floors.

Demographics

The populace in the villages of Yusufiyah are mostly

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(about 58%), while about 99.9% of those living in the city centre are of one of the three major

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tribes. The smaller villages nearby include

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(approximately southwest of Yusufiyah) and Rushdi Mullah (approximately west of Yusufiyah). Agriculture is the main form of employment, with some retail and industrial shops within the town itself. Those Sunni and Shia tribes have rooted family connections.

Iraq War

The city was part of a group of cities of

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including Yusufiyah, Mahmoudiyah, Iskandariyah and Latifiyah that was later referred to as Triangle of Death.

References

{{Commons category, Yusufiyah Populated places in Baghdad Province

Background

Architecture

Demographics

Iraq War

See also

References