Al-Mahawil Explained

Al-Mahawil
Native Name:المحاويل
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Iraq
Coordinates:32.6608°N 44.4078°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iraq
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Babil
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto

Al-Mahawil (Arabic: المحاويل) also Mahawil, Al Maḩāwīl, Qaḑā’ al Maḩāwīl, and Khān al Mahawīl) is one of a very few Sunni Arab towns in southern Iraq in the Babil Governorate. Before the invasion of Iraq, Sunnis made up the vast majority. Today, they are a shrinking minority of the population due to the influx of Shias from the surrounding countryside. Its population was 31,200 in 2018.