Baqubah, Irak Güncel Saati — AST.

Baqubah is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km (31 mi) to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,000. While some sources say that Baqubah's total population is 600,000.

Reading Baqubah against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,402 km), London (~4,073 km), Singapore (~7,115 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~13,394 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Baqubah sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).

The closest mapped neighbors of Baqubah are Khāliş (9 km), Ad Dujayl (36 km), Al Miqdādīyah (40 km), Baghdad (50 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Closest curated airport references from Baqubah: BGW Baghdad (65 km), EBL Arbil (282 km), OSM Mosul (313 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.