Al-Ba’aj | |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 36.05°N 84°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nineveh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Al-Ba'aj |
Parts Type: | Occupation |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Popular Mobilization Forces |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 310 |
Elevation Ft: | 1017 |
Population Total: | 13746 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Ba'aj (Arabic: بعاج; also spelt Ba'ej) is a small town in the Al-Ba'aj District of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The town was under control of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant until June 2017, when Popular Mobilization Forces captured it.
It was mainly populated by Sunni Arabs.[2]