Al-Hindiya District

Al-Hindiya District (Arabic: قضاء الهندية, romanized: Qadaa Al-Hindiya) Is a district in Karbala Governornate. (formerly belonged to Babil Governorate) Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north of the district controls floods and diverts water from the Euphrates into irrigation canals on both sides of the river. The district has been the scene of clashes with Turkish and British colonial forces, and more recently with American troops in 2003. The population is about 230,000, mostly Shia, including significant numbers of refugees. Infrastructure is poor, but efforts are being made to improve it. In late December 2024 and early 2025, as a joke, declaration of independence by a group of memers was announced by editing the Wikipedia (The free encyclopedia) page of the district.