An Numaniyah

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An Numaniyah
An Numaniyah Numaniyah's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 32°30′0″N 45°20′0″E / 32.5, 45.33333
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Wasit

An Numaniyah is a city on the Tigris River in Iraq, located roughly 90 miles southeast of Baghdad in the Wasit Province. It is the site of one of four national training centers for the Iraqi Army.

It is also the site of a base that was started as construction by Yugoslavian contractors Mostogradnja in support of the Hussein regime. Following the beginning of the Iraq War, it changed its purpose September 1, 2004^[1] to operate as a training base for new recruits and serve as the home station for three battalions of the Iraqi Intervention Force – the Iraqi army's counterinsurgency wing.

[edit] An Numaniyah Airfield

According to Globalsecurity.org,^[2] "An Numaniyah Airbase is located in Southern Iraq approximately 294 kilometers South of Baghdad. The airfield is served by a single 9,700 foot long runway. An Numaniyah Airbase occupies a 17 square kilometer site and is protected by a 18 kilometers security perimeter."

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