Muthanna Governorate
3045.5Coordinates: 30° 0′ N, 45° 30′ E
Al-Muthanna (Arabic المثنى, DMG al-Muṯannā) is a governorate in southern Iraq on the border with Saudi Arabia. The governorate covers 51,740 km², and is home to about 550,000 sedentary inhabitants (2006), as well as another 15,000 Bedouins. The capital of the governorate is Samawa.
The border with Saudi Arabia is guarded by 680 border police and by the newly established 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi Army with 1,800 soldiers. The Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF) invested about 340 million US dollars in the reconstruction of the governorate's infrastructure until July 2006.
The districts are:
- Al-Khidhir
- Al-Rumaitha
- Al-Salman
- Al-Samawa
Governorates of Iraq
al-Anbar | Babil | Baghdad | Basra | Dahuk | Dhi Qar | Diyala | Erbil | Halabja | Karbala | Kirkuk | Maisan | al-Muthanna | an-Najaf | Ninawa | al-Qadisiyya | Salah ad-Din | as-Sulaimaniyya | WasitAutonomous
Region: Autonomous Region of Kurdistan
