An Numaniyah
City in Wasit, Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Noomanea.
An-Nu'mānīyah (Arabic: النعمانية, romanized: an-Nuʿmānīyah) is a city on the Tigris river in Iraq, located roughly 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Baghdad in the Wasit Province. It is the site of one of four national training centers for the Iraqi Army.
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An-Nu'maniyah النعمانية | |
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Coordinates: 32°30′0″N 45°20′0″E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Wasit |
District | Al-Nu'maniya District |
Population | |
• Total | 71,000 |
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It is also the site of a base that was built by the Hussein regime and constructed by Yugoslavian contractors Mostogradnja. Following the beginning of the Iraq War, it changed its purpose September 1, 2004[1] to operate as a training base for new recruits and serve as the home station for three battalions of the Iraqi Intervention Force – the Iraqi army's counterinsurgency wing.