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Al Muthanna sometimes simply, Muthanna, is one of the governorates of Iraq
Governorates of Iraq

|||}Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976.The governorates are divided into Qadaa ....
. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
. Its capital is Samawah
Samawah

Samawah or As Samawah is a city in Iraq, 280 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. The population was 250,000 in 2005.The city of Samawah is the modern capital of the Al Muthanna Governorate....
. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Najaf Governorate
Najaf Governorate

Najaf province , is a province in the nation of Iraq. The province has an area of . In 2003 it had an estimated population of 930,000 people. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Al Muthanna Governorate and Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate....
 and Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate
Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate

Al-Qadisiyyah is one of the provinces of Iraq. It is in the center of the country. Its capital is Al Diwaniyah. Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwaniyyah Province, along with Al Muthanna Governorate and Najaf Governorate....
.

It also includes the ancient Sumer
Sumer

Sumer was a civilization and a historical region located in Southern Iraq , known as the Cradle of civilization. It lasted from the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period through the Uruk period and the Dynastic periods until the rise of Babylon in the early 2nd millennium BC....
ian ruin of Uruk
Uruk

Uruk , from the Akkadian rendering of the Sumerian toponym 'unug', is modern Warka , Iraq. Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the ancient Nil canal, some 30 km east of As-Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq....
, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.

In July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces in the first such transfer of an entire province.








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Al Muthanna sometimes simply, Muthanna, is one of the governorates of Iraq
Governorates of Iraq

|||}Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976.The governorates are divided into Qadaa ....
. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
. Its capital is Samawah
Samawah

Samawah or As Samawah is a city in Iraq, 280 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. The population was 250,000 in 2005.The city of Samawah is the modern capital of the Al Muthanna Governorate....
. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Najaf Governorate
Najaf Governorate

Najaf province , is a province in the nation of Iraq. The province has an area of . In 2003 it had an estimated population of 930,000 people. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Al Muthanna Governorate and Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate....
 and Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate
Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate

Al-Qadisiyyah is one of the provinces of Iraq. It is in the center of the country. Its capital is Al Diwaniyah. Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwaniyyah Province, along with Al Muthanna Governorate and Najaf Governorate....
.

It also includes the ancient Sumer
Sumer

Sumer was a civilization and a historical region located in Southern Iraq , known as the Cradle of civilization. It lasted from the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period through the Uruk period and the Dynastic periods until the rise of Babylon in the early 2nd millennium BC....
ian ruin of Uruk
Uruk

Uruk , from the Akkadian rendering of the Sumerian toponym 'unug', is modern Warka , Iraq. Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the ancient Nil canal, some 30 km east of As-Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq....
, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.

In July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces in the first such transfer of an entire province.

Provincial Government

  • Governor: Ahmed Marzoq Salal
  • Deputy Governor: Riyad Al Amir


External links

  • - BBC Online article, 13 July 2006
  • - CNN
    CNN

    Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
     Online article, 17 July 2006