Al-Mahawil
Al-Mahawil المحاويل | |
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Town | |
  Al-Mahawil | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′39″N 44°24′28″E / 32.66083°N 44.40778°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Babil |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 31,000 |
Al-Mahawil (Arabic: المحاويل) also Mahawil, Al Maḩāwīl, Qaḑā’ al Maḩāwīl, and Khān al Mahawīl) is one of a very few Sunni Arab towns in southern Iraq in the Babil Governorate. Before the invasion of Iraq, Sunnis made up the vast majority. Today, they are a shrinking minority of the population due to the influx of Shias from the surrounding countryside. Its population was 31,200 in 2018.