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| Dhi Qar Governorate Arabic: ذي قار |
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| Country | Iraq |
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| Capital | An Nasiriyah |
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| - Total | 12,900 km² (4,980.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| - Total | 1,472,000 |
| Main language(s) | Arabic |
Dhi Qar (Arabic: ذي قار) is a province in Iraq with an area of 12,900 square kilometers (4,980.7 sq mi). 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 Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Ngirsu. Before 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province.
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Provincial Government
- Governor: Aziz Kadum Alwan Al Ogheli [1]
- Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha [2]
- Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Ihsan Al-Taei [3]
Dhi Qar today
The proposal of "Southern region"
A proposal to join Dhi Qar with the governorates of Basra and Maysan to form a southeastern state in an eventual Iraqi federation is currently in the talking stages.[4]
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 Sukar, al-Shatra, al-Gharraf, Suq al-Shuyouk and al-Chibiysh
An anti-Baath province
The governorate was notorious in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's era of dictatorship as one of the most troublesome spots for the Baath government. In 1991 the governorate fell to Islamist groups as part of a wider uprising that failed to topple the Saddam Hussein government.citation needed
According to Ron Suskind, in the mid 1990s the governor was Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, who later became police chief of the country, and in 1999, director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. 1
An Nasiriyah witnessed some of the heaviest fighting and some of the stiffest resistance against invading U.S. forces in 2003.citation needed
Dhi Qar was the second Iraqi province to be handed over to the Iraqi Security Forces, the first being Al Muthanna. The province achieved Provincial Iraqi Control on September 21, 2006 from Italian forces, in a ceremony presided by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. [5]
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