Map of Al Maḩmūdīyah, Baghdad, Iraq

Al Maḩmūdīyah is a city in Baghdad, Iraq, with a population of about 350,000. It lies at 33.0622°N, 44.3656°E. Al Maḩmūdīyah is about 31 km (19 mi) south of Baghdad, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Baghdad, 31 km to the north.

Al Maḩmūdīyah at a glance

Where is Al Maḩmūdīyah?

• The 13th largest city in Iraq by recorded population.
• The 3rd largest city in Baghdad on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 58 min on the shortest day to 14 h 20 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Al Maḩmūdīyah

• Baghdad — 31 km north
• Abū Ghurayb — 32 km northwest
• Al Musayyib — 32 km south
• Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah — 39 km south
• Aş Şuwayrah — 41 km east
• Al Hindīyah — 59 km south
• Karbala — 59 km southwest
• Al Fallūjah — 63 km northwest
• Al Ḩillah — 67 km south
• Al ‘Azīzīyah — 67 km east

Largest cities in Baghdad

• Baghdad — 7,216,000
• Abū Ghurayb — 900,000

Largest cities in Iraq

• Baghdad — 7,216,000
• Al Başrah al Qadīmah — 2,015,483
• Mosul — 1,683,000
• Erbil — 1,612,700
• Basrah — 1,326,564
• Karbala — 1,218,732
• Kirkuk — 1,031,000
• Abū Ghurayb — 900,000
• As Sulaymānīyah — 878,146
• Nasiriyah — 558,400

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Other places named Al Maḩmūdīyah

• Al Maḩmūdīyah — Beheira, Egypt

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.