Hindiya

Al-Hindiya or Hindiya (Arabic: الهندية‎‎) is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days. Muneer Abdul-Munim Al-Ali was born there. Al-Hindiya is located in the Kerbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij (Arabic: طويريج‎‎), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" (Arabic: ركضة طويريج‎‎) that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura. It has 57490 citizens.