Ba'quba District
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Ba'quba District
قضاء بعقوبة | |
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 Districts of Diyala Governorate | |
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| Coordinates: 33°35′21″N 44°29′22″E / 33.58914°N 44.48952°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Capital | Baqubah |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
• Total | 467,895 |
Ba'quba District (Arabic: قضاء بعقوبة) is one of the districts of Diyala Governorate in Iraq. Its capital Baquba is the capital of Diyala Governate.
Ba'quba is the capital of the Diyala Governorate in Iraq. It is one of six districts in the Governorate. Ba'quba is one of the three districts in Diyala that make up 75% of the total population of the Diyala Governorate. The population of Ba'quba is 467,895 people, which is about 38% of the governorate's population. The percentage of the people living under the poverty line in the Ba'quba districts is around 6.6%. In 2012 49% (288 total) of all security incidents in the Diyala Governorate occurred in Ba'quba District. The literacy rate in Ba'quba District is around 86% which is slightly higher than average of 84% for the Diyala Governorate. The unemployment rate is 11%, which is the second to lowest rate after the Kifri District. In the Ba'quba district 80% of residents have access to public water, but almost half reported the quality of the water as bad.
History
The district and city's name is thought to have come from the Aramaic language.
During the time of the Silk Road Ba'quba was a weigh station.
