What is "yusufiyah"

Yusufiyah ( Arabic: اليوسفية; also transliterated as Yusafiyah, Youssifiyah or Yusifiyah, occasionally prefixed with Al-) is a regional township in the country of Iraq, located in Baghdad Province.

It is about south of Baghdad. It is approximately 21 km east of Fallujah, 10 kilometers west of the large city of Mahmudiyah, and 15 kilometers northwest of the town of Latifiyah. Yusufiyah is similar in name to the area known as Sadr al Yusufiyah, which is a larger, more urban area near a Russian thermal power plant, approximately 25 kilometers west-northwest of the town of Yusufiyah. A major canal, known as the Yusufiyah canal, runs from Sadr al Yusufiyah in the west, through Yusufiyah, and south to Latifiyah.

The Yusufiyah area located on the east side of Euphrates river and the Yusufiyah canal is a branch of the river. This area has two archaeological location called Aldear and Abu Haba. These locations part of the defense borders of Akkad (2000 B.C) and the ancient name of Yusufiyah is Sibbar.