Dujail

Dujail الدجيل
Town
Dujail Location of Dujail in Iraq
Coordinates: 33°51′0″N 44°14′0″E / 33.85000°N 44.23333°E / 33.85000; 44.23333
Country	Iraq
Governorates of Iraq	Saladin
District	Dujail
Population (2015)
• Total	100,000

Dujail (33°51′N 44°14′E / 33.850°N 44.233°E / 33.850; 44.233, Arabic: الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a small Shi'a town in the Saladin Province. It is situated about 65 kilometers (40 mi) north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre and the 2008 Dujail bombing.