Habbaniyah
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| Al-Habbaniyah الحبانية Habbaniyah |
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 Al-Habbaniyah
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| Country |  Iraq |
| Province | Al-Anbar |
Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya (Arabic: الحبانية) is a city in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah is also nearby.
On 25 May 1941, Second Battalion of the Fourth Gurkha Rifles (2/4 GR), forming part of 10 Indian Infantry Division, was airlifted to reinforce and secure Habbaniyah, which was a Royal Air Force base under threat from Iraqi ground troops and the German Luftwaffe, based in Mosul, and Baghdad.[1] It has 74,217 citizens.
Climate
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16 (60) |
18 (65) |
23 (73) |
30 (86) |
37 (98) |
41 (106) |
44 (111) |
44 (111) |
41 (105) |
33 (92) |
24 (76) |
17 (63) |
30.7 (87.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4 (39) |
6 (42) |
9 (48) |
14 (58) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
26 (78) |
25 (77) |
21 (70) |
16 (60) |
11 (51) |
6 (42) |
15.1 (58.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
28 (1.1) |
10 (0.4) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
124 (4.9) |
| Source: Weatherbase [2] | |||||||||||||
References
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