Muthanna Governorate
Muthanna Governorate
محافظة المثنى Al Muthanna Province | |
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| Coordinates:30°12′N45°21′E/ 30.200°N 45.350°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Capital | Samawah |
| Named for | Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mohannad al-Attabi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51,740 km2(19,980 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 835,797[1] |
| HDI(2021) | 0.644[2] medium |
| Website | http://muthana.gov.iq/ |
Muthanna Governorate(Arabic:المثنىAl Muthannā) orAl Muthanna Province,is aprovinceinIraq,named after the 7th-century Arab generalal-Muthanna ibn Haritha.It is in the south of the country, borderingSaudi ArabiaandKuwait.Its capital is the city ofSamawahit has the highest poverty rate in iraq with a rate of 52%.[3]
History
[edit]Before 1976 it was part of theDiwaniya Province,which included present-dayNajaf Governorateandal-Qādisiyyah Governorate.
Samawahis very close to the ancientSumerian-Babyloniancity ofUruk(Aramaic:Erech), which is possibly the source of the nameIraq.After the decline ofBabylonfollowing theSeleucidfounding ofSeleucia,Uruk became the largest city in southern Babylonia, and its name (Erech) came to replaceBabili(Babylonia), as the city long outlived the former capital, surviving into the 7th century AD.
In February 1991 it was the location of one of the largest tank battles in history during thePersian Gulf War,theBattle of Norfolk.[4]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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| 1977 | 215,600 | — | ||
| 1987 | 315,815 | +3.89% | ||
| 1997 | 436,825 | +3.30% | ||
| 2009 | 683,126 | +3.80% | ||
| 2018 | 814,371 | +1.97% | ||
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| Source: Citypopulation[5] | ||||
Provincial government
[edit]- Governor: Ahmed Manfi Judeh
- Deputy Governor: Sami Al-Hassani
- Chairman of Al-Muthanna Provincial Council: Abdul Latif Al-Hassani
References
[edit]- ^Citypopulation.de
- ^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".hdi.globaldatalab.org.Retrieved2018-09-13.
- ^"Poverty rate in Nineveh province nearly doubled".Kirkuknow.Retrieved2024-01-22.
- ^"These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history".16 April 2021.
- ^"Population of Governorates".www.citypopulation.de.
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