Hillah
Hillah, also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq.
Hillah, also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq. On the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, it is 100 km (62 mi) south of Baghdad. The population was estimated to be about 455,700 in 2018. It is the capital of Babylon Province and is situated in a predominantly agricultural region which is extensively irrigated with water provided by the Hilla canal, producing a wide range of crops, fruit and textiles. Its name may be derived from the word "beauty" in Arabic. The river runs in the middle of the town, and it is surrounded by date palm trees and other forms of arid vegetation, reducing the harmful effects of dust and desert wind.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Great Mosque of Hillah
Constructed in 1713 AD during the Ottoman era.
- 02Radd Al Shams Mosque
- 03Al-Nukhailah Mosque
- 04Borsippa
An archaeological site with one of the most recognizable surviving ziggurats, built by the Sumero-Akkadian culture to honour local god Nabu.
- 05Ruins of Kish
- 06King Ghazi Landscape Museum
Housed in a former palace belonging to King Ghazi, the second king of Iraq.
From Wikivoyage: Hillah, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Hillah
- Airports
- Al Najaf (NJF), 54 km · Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 89 km
- Najaf → Hillah51 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · $4.5–6
- Baghdad → Hillah95 km · quickest by road, 2h · $8–12
- Kirkuk → Hillah332 km · quickest by road, 5h 38m · $29–40
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hillah
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hillah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThis is where shared taxis to Najaf leave from (approx.
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Next door to Hillah
Hillah is 2 km from Al Hillah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.