Official Name: | Al-Qasim |
Native Name: | القاسم |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Babil |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Hashimiya District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 81,500 |
Coordinates: | 32.3014°N 44.6892°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Al-Qasim (Arabic: القاسم), formerly known as "Sura" in Aramaic, is a city in Babil Governorate, Iraq. It is located south of Baghdad.
Al-Qasim is named after al-Qasim ibn Musa al-Kadhim, whose tomb in the Imam Qasim Shrine is located here. Al-Qasim subdistrict is about .[1]