Maysan Governorate
3247Coordinates: 32° 0′ N, 47° 0′ E
Maisan (Arabic ميسان, DMG Maysān) is an Iraqi governorate in the southeast of the country on the border with Iran. The capital is Amara.
The districts are:
- al-Amara
- al-Kahla'
- al-Maimuna
- al-Majar al-kabir
- Ali al-Gharbi
- Qal'at Salih
The governorate has an area of 16,072 km² and the population is 754,810 (2005). The main part of the population are the Shiite Arabs. In addition, it is also home to the so-called Marsh Arabs. The governorate was one of the main theatres of war in the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, there have been discussions about merging the province with the two other provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar to form a Shiite autonomous region. On October 15, 2005, 97.79% of 254,067 voters voted in favor of 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
