Dhi Qar Province
Dhi Qar Province (Arabic: ذي قار, romanised: Dhī Qār) is a province in southern Iraq. The provincial capital is Nasiriyah. Prior to 1976 the province was kept as Muntafiq Province. Dhi Qar wis the hertland o the auncient Iraqi ceevilization o Sumer an the ruins o Ur, Eridu, Lagash an Girsu are present here.
Dhi Qar Govrenorate ذي قار Dhi Qar Province | |
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Province | |
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| Coordinates: 31°14′N 46°19′E / 31.233°N 46.317°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Caipital | Nasiriyah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12900 km2 (5,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 1,700,000 |
Auncient history eedit
Provincial Govrenment eedit
- Govrenor: Talebalhassan
- Deputy Govrenor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha [1]
- Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Ihsan Al-Taei [2] Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
Dhi Qar the day eedit
Dhi Qar province includes the touns o al-Rifai, Qalat Sukkar, Ash Shatrah, al-Gharraf, Suq al-Shuyouk, Khamisiyah an al-Chibayish
Accordin tae Ron Suskind, in the mid 1990s the govrenor wis Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, who later became polis chief o the kintra, an in 1999, director o the Iraqi Intelligence Service.[1]
An Nasiriyah witnessed some o the hiviest fechtin an some o the stiffest resistance against invadin U.S. forces in 2003.
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References eedit
- ↑ "excerpt from Suskind's book, on Suskind's webpage". Archived frae the original on 5 Januar 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
Freemit airtins eedit
- Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq's Provinces frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit