Mandali, Iraq

Mandali
Mendelî, Bendink
Town
Mandali is located in Iraq
Mandali
Mandali
Location within Iraq
Coordinates: 33°44′N 45°33′E / 33.733°N 45.550°E / 33.733; 45.550
Country Iraq
GovernorateDiyala
DistrictMandali District
Elevation
341.2 ft (104 m)
Population
 • Total
29,882−50,000
Time zoneUTC+3

Mandali (Arabic: مندلي,[3] Kurdish: مەندەلی, romanizedMendelî[4][5]) is a town in Balad Ruz District, Diyala Governorate in Iraq, near the Iranian border. The town has a Feyli Kurdish majority, as well as significant Arab and Turkmen communities.[6][7][8][9] Mandali is disputed between the federal government of Iraq and Kurdistan Region, and experienced Arabization during the Saddam era.[10]

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