Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya (Arabic: ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, al-Ḥabbānīyah) is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah is also nearby.
Al-Habbaniyah ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة Habbaniyah | |
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  Al-Habbaniyah | |
| Coordinates: 33°22′55″N 43°34′38″E / 33.38194°N 43.57722°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Province | Al-Anbar |
| Population (2018) | 32,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT+3) |
| Postal code | 31008 |
History
On 25 May 1941, Second Battalion of the Fourth Gurkha Rifles (2/4 GR), forming part of 10 Indian Infantry Division, was airlifted to reinforce and secure Habbaniyah, which was a Royal Air Force airfield under threat from Iraqi ground troops and the German Luftwaffe, located in Mosul, and Baghdad.[1] It has 74,217 citizens.
Climate
| Climate data for Habbaniyah | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16 (60) | 18 (65) | 23 (73) | 30 (86) | 37 (98) | 41 (106) | 44 (111) | 44 (111) | 41 (105) | 33 (92) | 24 (76) | 17 (63) | 31 (87) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4 (39) | 6 (42) | 9 (48) | 14 (58) | 20 (68) | 23 (73) | 26 (78) | 25 (77) | 21 (70) | 16 (60) | 11 (51) | 6 (42) | 15 (59) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.8) | 20 (0.8) | 28 (1.1) | 10 (0.4) | 2.5 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.5 (0.1) | 20 (0.8) | 20 (0.8) | 130 (5) |
| Source: Weatherbase [2] | |||||||||||||
References
33°22′N 43°34′E / 33.367°N 43.567°E