Polish zone in Iraq or the South Central / South Center / Central South / Center South zone / sector was created in 2003 when Iraq was divided into four zones. The South Central zone (formerly the Upper South zone) covers the Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Karbala Governorate, Babil Governorate and the Wasit Governorate. The region had a population of about 5 millions spread over 65 632 km². The Najaf Governorate was passed back to American control in 2004, due to reduction in strength of the forces under Polish command; this reduced the zone to about 3 million of population spread over 28 655 km². On January 5, 2006, Polish troops handed over control of the central Babil province to U.S. troops. Major cities in the Polish zone include Diwaniyah, Kut

Kut

Al-Kūt is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 160 kilometres south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 374,000 people...

, Hillah, and Karbala

Karbala

Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....

 and Najaf

Najaf

Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...

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Multinational forces under Polish command (Multinational Division Central-South

Multinational Division Central-South

Multinational Division Central-South , created in September 2003, and supported by NATO, was a part of the Multinational Force Iraq. Headquartered in Camp Echo, it was under Polish command until October 2008, when the last of Poland's troops were withdrawn. Polish contingent was its largest...

, MND-CS) includes or indcluded the contingents from the following countries: Republic of Armenia

Armenia

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, Kingdom of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

, Republic of Latvia

Latvia

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, Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania

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, Mongolia

Mongolia

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, Republic of Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, Republic of Romania

Romania

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, Republic of El Salvador

El Salvador

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, Slovak

Slovakia

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 Republic, Kingdom of Spain

Spain

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 and the United States of America; the Lithuania, Ukrainian, Spanish and Slovakian ones had already withdrawn. Polish and multinational forces are increasingly involved with training the Iraqi Army

Iraqi Army

The Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....

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The strength of the Polish forces have decreased from 2500 (2003) to 900 (2007); the Division numbers about 2,000 troops. Polish casualties number 25. Casualties of the entire division are 65.

The headquarters of MND-CS were moved in 2004 from Camp Babilon to Camp Echo.

Neighbouring formations were the U.S. Marines of Multi-National Forces West

Multi-National Forces West

Multi-National Forces West or United States Forces West was one of the coalition headquarters under Multi-National Force-Iraq. It was headquartered by either I or II U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force that rotated on a 12 month basis...

, American divisions covering the Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

 area, and the British-led Multi-National Division (South-East)

Multi-National Division (South-East)

Multi-National Division may refer to:*Multi-National Division *Multi-National Division...

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Commanders

Rotation	Commander	From	To
I	Andrzej Tyszkiewicz	17 May 2003	11 January 2004
II	Mieczysław Bieniek	11 January 2004	18 July 2004
III	Andrzej Ekiert	18 July 2004	7 February 2005
IV	Waldemar Skrzypczak	7 February 2005	26 July 2005
V	Piotr Czerwiński	26 July 2005	6 February 2006
VI	Edward Gruszka	6 February 2006	18 July 2006
VII	Bronisław Kwiatkowski Bronisław Kwiatkowski Lieutenant General Bronisław Kwiatkowski was a Polish military figure, Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command...	18 July 2006	24 January 2007
VIII	Paweł Lamla	24 January 2007	25 July 2007
IX	Tadeusz Buk Tadeusz Buk Tadeusz Buk , was a Polish military figure. He received numerous military and civil awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta....	25 July 2007	30 January 2008
X	Andrzej Malinowski	30 January 2008	31 October 2008