Habbaniyah

Al-Habbaniyah الحبانية Habbaniyah
Al-Habbaniyah
Coordinates: 33°22′55″N 43°34′38″E / 33.38194°N 43.57722°E
Country	Iraq
Province	Al-Anbar
Time zone	GMT+3 (UTC+3)
Postal code	31008

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

Climate data for Habbaniyah
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

1. Col Mackay, JN, compilers, JN (1952). "II". In Lieutenant Colonel CG Borrowman, CG. History of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles, 1938–1948, vol III (29-43 ed.). London: William Blackwood. pp. 22–31.
2. "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Habbaniyah, Iraq". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

Coordinates: 33°22′N 43°34′E / 33.367°N 43.567°E