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Dhi Qar is a province in 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....
 with an area of . In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,472,000 people. The governorate's capital is the city of An Nasiriyah. 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 ruins of Ur
Ur

Ur is modern Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq, and was a city in ancient Sumer. Once a coastal city near the mouth of the then Euphrates river on the Persian Gulf, Ur is now well inland....
, Eridu
Eridu

Eridu , from the Sumerian for 'mighty place', is modern Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq. Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c 5400 BCE....
, Lagash
Lagash

Lagash is located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, Lagash was one of the oldest cities of Sumer and later Babylonia....
 and Ngirsu
Ngirsu

Ngirsu is modern Tell Telloh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, and it was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some northwest of Lagash. Because of the initial nasal velar , the transcription of Girsu is usually spelled as Ngirsu to avoid confusion....
. Before 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province.








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Dhi Qar is a province in 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....
 with an area of . In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,472,000 people. The governorate's capital is the city of An Nasiriyah. 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 ruins of Ur
Ur

Ur is modern Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq, and was a city in ancient Sumer. Once a coastal city near the mouth of the then Euphrates river on the Persian Gulf, Ur is now well inland....
, Eridu
Eridu

Eridu , from the Sumerian for 'mighty place', is modern Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq. Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c 5400 BCE....
, Lagash
Lagash

Lagash is located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, Lagash was one of the oldest cities of Sumer and later Babylonia....
 and Ngirsu
Ngirsu

Ngirsu is modern Tell Telloh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, and it was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some northwest of Lagash. Because of the initial nasal velar , the transcription of Girsu is usually spelled as Ngirsu to avoid confusion....
. Before 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province.

Provincial Government

  • Governor: Aziz Kadum Alwan Al Ogheli
  • Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha
  • Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ihsan Al-Taei


Dhi Qar today


The proposal of "Southern region"

A proposal to join Dhi Qar with the governorates of Basra
Basra Governorate

Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province of Iraq, with an area of . One reported estimate of its 2003 population is 1,761,000....
 and Maysan to form a southeastern state in an eventual Iraqi federation
Government of Iraq from 2006

The current government of Iraq took office on May 20, 2006rocess of formation The Iraq National Assembly was elected on December 15, 2005. Due to disputes over alleged vote-rigging the results of the elected were only certified by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq on February 10, 2006....
 is in the talking stages.

In October 2006, Parliament approved a law that allows, from April 2008, the possibility of fusion between two or more provinces.

The cities of the province

Dhi Qar governorate includes the towns of al-Rifai, Qalat Sukkar
Qalat Sukkar

File:Qalat Sukkar Iraq 1.PICT0228.jpgQalat Sukkar is a town in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located on the Gharraf Canal. It has a population of 19,942....
, Ash Shatra, al-Gharraf, Suq al-Shuyouk and al-Chibiysh