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HILLAH , a See also: town of See also: Asiatic See also: Turkey, in the pashalik of See also: Bagdad, 6o m
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S. of the city of Bagdad, in 32° 28' 35" N., 44 48' 401" E., formerly the capital of a sanjak and the residence of a mutasserif, who in 1893 was transferred to See also: Diwanieh
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It is situated on both See also: banks of the See also: Euphrates, the two parts of the town being connected by a floating See also: bridge, 450 ft. in length, in the midst of a very fertile See also: district
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The estimated population, which includes a large number of Jews, varies from 6000 to 12,000
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The town has suffered much from the periodical breaking of the Hindieh See also: dam and the consequent deflection of the See also: waters of the Euphrates to the westward, as a result of which at times the Euphrates at this point has been entirely dry
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This deflection of See also: water has also seriously interfered with the palm groves, the cultivation of which constitutes a large See also: part of the industry of the surrounding country along the See also: river
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The bazaars of Hillah are relatively large and well supplied
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Many of the houses in the town are built of brick, not a few bearing an inscription of See also: Nebuchadrezzar, obtained from the ruins of See also: Babylon, which lie less than an See also: hour away to the See also: north
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