Yathrib, Iraq

Yathrib ناحية يثرب
city
Yathrib
Coordinates: 33°59′44″N 44°20′59″E / 33.99556°N 44.34972°E / 33.99556; 44.34972
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Saladin
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
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Yathrib (Arabic: ناحية يثرب.), also transliterated Yethrib is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate,^[1] Iraq, 45 kilometres (28 mi)^[2] directly north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is in the so-called Sunni Triangle. The city is located right on the Tigris River. With the nearby cities and towns of Dhululiyah, Balad, Ishaqi, Dojama, Tarmiyah, and Taji it forms the northern Baghdad "belt" and sits along two highways that run between Samarra and the capital city Baghdad.^[3]