Wasit Province

Al- Wasit (Arabic واسط, Wasit DMG ) is an Iraqi province on the border with Iran.

Size and population

The governorate is 17,153 km ². There are about 890,000 people. The capital is Kut, which is also the name of the governorate was until 1976. The name comes from the Arabic word Wasit, which means middle. So the position between the cities of Baghdad and Basra was clarified. Governor Latif al - Tarfa is currently.

The other districts are:

  • Badrah
  • Al - Hai
  • Kut
  • Al - Na'maniya
  • As- Suwaira

On 15 October 2005 of 280 128 voters voted with 95.70 % for the new Iraqi constitution.

Al - Anbar | Erbil | Babil | Baghdad | Basra | Dahuk | Dhi Qar | Diyala | Karbala | Kirkuk | Maysan | al - Muthanna | Najaf | Ninawa | al - Qadisiyya | Salah ad-Din | as- Sulaymaniyah | al - Wasit Autonomous Region: Autonomous Kurdistan Region

  • Iraqi province
DIN 31635 Guberniya Al Anbar Governorate Arbil Province Babil Governorate Baghdad Governorate Basra Governorate Dohuk Governorate Dhi Qar Governorate Muthanna Province Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate Sulaymaniyah Governorate Iraqi Kurdistan
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