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Wasit 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 east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle," as it lies along the Tigris
Tigris

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
 about midway between Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 and the Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
. Its major cities include the capital, Al Kut, and Al Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. Another city in this Governorate is Wasit
Wasit

Wasit is a place in Wasit Governorate, south east of Kut in eastern Iraq....
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Wasit 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 east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle," as it lies along the Tigris
Tigris

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
 about midway between Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 and the Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
. Its major cities include the capital, Al Kut, and Al Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. Another city in this Governorate is Wasit
Wasit

Wasit is a place in Wasit Governorate, south east of Kut in eastern Iraq....
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Provincial Government

  • Governor: Latif al-Turfa
  • Deputy Governor: Ahmed Abdu Salam


Cities

  • Kut
    Kut

    Al-Kut is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 100 miles south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 374,000 people....
     (374 Thousand)
  • Al Suwaira (161 Thousand)
  • Al-Hai
  • Al Azeeziaya