Dhi Qar Governorate
3146Coordinates: 31° 0′ N, 46° 0′ E
Dhi Qar (Arabic ذي قار, DMG Ḏī Qār) is an Iraqi governorate with an area of 12,900 km². In 2003, 1,454,200 people lived here. The capital is Nasiriya. Together with Maisan and Basra, Dhi Qar plans to form an autonomous region.
The districts of the province are:
- al-Dubayyish
- Nasiriya
- ar-Rifa'i
- ash-shatra
- Suq ash-Shuyuch
On 15 October 2005, out of 463,710 voters, 97.15% voted yes to the new constitution.
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
