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Babil Governorate
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Provincial Government- Governor: Salam Salih Mahdi al-Muslimawi
- Deputy Governor: Hassun Ali Hassun
- Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Mohammed Ali
HistoryBefore 1971 it was known as Hilla province.
The ancient city of Babylon in present-day Babil province was the capital of the Old Kingdom of Babylonia situated on the Euphrates River south of Baghdad in modern Iraq.
The city was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC but became important early in the 2nd millennium under the kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. The sixth king of this dynasty was Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) who made Babylon the capital of a vast empire and is best remembered for his code of laws. This period was brought to an end by the Hittites when in 1595 BC Babylon is sacked by King Mursili I.
The city then had a mixed history until the Neo-Babylonian Period of the 7th-6th centuries BC. It once again achieved pre-eminence when Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) extended the Chaldean Empire over most of Western Asia. Babylon fell to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC; occupation continued in the Achaemenid Period.
The city was taken by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.
Recent DNA studies conducted by the National Geographic Magazine on the bones of ancient Babylonians and living Arab people from Babil have shown that the modern peoples carry the same ancient Babylonian genetic material.
People Yousefiah, with Al Askandariyah and Al latifiyah and Al-Mada'in and Jurf Al Sakhar and Al Muhaweel and Al Mahmudiyah in particular, is known that inhabited by Sunni majority. around 55% to 75% of the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims from Dulaim tribe and other Sunni tribes. the rest of the inhabitants are Iraqi shias and also mostly from Dulaim tribe (Al-Fatla and Al-Bu Alwan).
Cities
Districts- Al-Mahawil District
- Al-Musayab District
- Hashimiya District
- Hilla District
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