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Dhi Qar Governorate (Arabic: ذي قار, romanized: Thi Qār, Arabic: [ðiː qɑːr]) is a governorate in southern Iraq, in the Arabian Peninsula. The provincial capital is Nasiriyah. Prior to 1976 the governorate was known as Muntafiq Governorate. Thi Qar was the heartland of the ancient Iraqi civilization of Sumer, and includes the ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash, Larsa, Girsu, Umma, and Bad-tibira. The southern area of the governorate is covered by Mesopotamian Marshes.
History
= Ancient history
== Battle of Dhi Qar
=Government
Governor: Yahia Nasseri
Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha
Governorate Council Chairman (GCC): Ihsan Al-Taei
Modern Dhi Qar
The governorate includes the towns of al-Rifai, Qalat Sukkar, Ash Shatrah, al-Gharraf, Suq esh-Shuyuk, Khamisiyah, al-Chibayish and al-Dawaya.
In the mid-1990s the governor was Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, who later became police chief of the country, and in 1999, director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.
= Demographics
=The population is approximately 2,000,000, predominantly Shia Arab. The southern marshes have traditionally been home to many Marsh Arabs.
As of 2007, the area is very poor, with an unemployment rate of 17% and a poverty rate of 37%.
Districts
Al-Chibayish
Al-Rifa'i
Shatrah
Nasiriyah
Suq Al-Shuykh
Al-Dawaya
See also
Al-Habboubi Square
Ayad Radhi
Cradle of civilization
References
External links
Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit
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- Dhi Qar Governorate
- 2013 Dhi Qar governorate election
- 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election
- 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election
- 2009 Dhi Qar governorate election
- Governorates of Iraq
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- Sumer
- Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum
- 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
