 Prior to the 1940s and during a short period in the 1970s, the town was administered by the Karbala Governorate.There has been conflict regarding to which governorate the town should belong.Nukhayb is located on the Al-Abyad Wadi at the largest road junction in the region, with roads going south to the Saudi Arabian border, north to the Ramadi–Jordan highway, and northeast to Karbala.