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.