Karbala, Its Location and Components‍
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By the Student Muhammad Riyad Kazim‍
supervised by: Lect. Yasmine Hatem Badid‍
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The city of Karbala is located in the southwest of the city of Baghdad, at a distance of (105 (km). The governorate is linked to the governorates of Baghdad, Babylon, Najaf and Qadisiyah, and by many roads. It is irrigated by the Husseiniya River, which branches off from the Euphrates River and is (29) km long. The city of Karbala has emerged significantly after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and his righteous companions in the year (61 AH). The first tourist festival was held in it, which was the first Al-Akhdar Tourism Festival) on 3/3/1982 (4).‍
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The governorate is also administratively composed of three districts and five administrative units between a district center and a sub-district, as follows:‍
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1) Karbala District: It is represented by the Karbala District Center, with an area of ​​(2397 km)2, and the Husseiniya Sub-district‍
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with an area of ​​(334 km)2, and thus The area of ​​the district is (2731 km2).‍
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2) Al-Hindiyah District: It is represented by the center of Al-Hindiyah District and its area is (134) km2 and the area of ​​Al-Jadwal Al-Gharbi and its area is (213 km2). Thus, the area of ​​the district is (347 km2).‍
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3) Ain Al-Tamr District: It is represented by the center of Ain Al-Tamr District and its area is (1956 km2).(5)‍
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The location of the city of Karbala has great importance compared to the locations of other cities in Iraq due to the similarity of its climatic conditions with many of the surrounding governorates, and it is also located within the most densely populated regions (6)‍
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(4) Al-Ta’mah, Salman Hadi, Karbala in Memory, Al-Ani Press, Baghdad, 1988: p. 13).‍
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(5) Hassan, Najat Ali, Food Industries in Karbala Governorate, Master’s Thesis submitted to the Council of the College of Education, Al-Mustansiriya University, 2002: p. 38‍
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(6) Al-Kaabi, Ali Saleh, Master’s Thesis submitted to the Journal of the College of Administration and Economics, Al-Mustansiriya University, Department of Tourism 1998‍