Baqubah

Baqubah (Arabic: بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some 50 km (31 mi) to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 280,000 people.

Baqubah بَعْقُوبَة
Bridge on the Diyala River
Nickname:  (The house of Punishment) بيت العقوبة
Baqubah Baqubah location within Iraq
Coordinates: 33°45′N 44°38′E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Diyala Governorate
Population  (2024)
• Total	366,000

Baqubah served as a way station between Baghdad and Khorasan on the medieval Khorasan Road. During the Abbasid Caliphate, it was known for its date and fruit orchards, irrigated by the Nahrawan Canal. It is now known as the centre of Iraq's commercial orange groves. During the Iraq war, Baqubah served the capital of al-Qaeda in Iraq as well as the Islamic State of Iraq, the predecessors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.