Map of Ash Shāmīyah, Iraq

Ash Shāmīyah is a city in Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq, with a population of about 57,661. It lies at 31.9626°N, 44.6007°E. Ash Shāmīyah is about 154 km (96 mi) south of Baghdad, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kufa, 18 km to the northwest.

Ash Shāmīyah at a glance

Where is Ash Shāmīyah?

• The 2nd largest city in Al-Qadisiyah on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 03 min on the shortest day to 14 h 14 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ash Shāmīyah

• Kufa — 18 km northwest
• Najaf — 25 km west
• Ad Dīwānīyah — 31 km east
• Imam Qasim — 38 km north
• Al Ḩillah — 58 km north
• ‘Afak — 62 km east
• Al Hindīyah — 74 km northwest
• Ar Rumaythah — 75 km southeast
• Nāḩīyat Saddat al Hindīyah — 89 km north
• Karbala — 91 km northwest

Largest cities in Al-Qadisiyah

• Ad Dīwānīyah — 318,801
• ‘Afak — 35,536

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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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.