Wasit Province

Wasit Governorate واسط Wasit Province
Governorate
Coordinates: 32°40′N 45°45′E / 32.667°N 45.750°E / 32.667; 45.750Coordinates: 32°40′N 45°45′E / 32.667°N 45.750°E / 32.667; 45.750
Country	Iraq
Capital	Al Kut
Area
• Total	17,153 km2 (6,623 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	913,000

Wasit Governorate (Arabic: واسط Wāsit‎) (or Wasit Province) is a province in eastern Iraq. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle," as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra. Its major cities include the capital Al Kut, Al-Hai, and the city Wasit. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province.

Provincial Government

• Governor: Mahdi al-Zubaidi ^[1]
• Deputy Governor: sabeeh lafta ^[2]

Cities

• Kut (374 Thousand)
• Al Suwaira (161 Thousand)
• Al-Hai
• Al Azeeziaya

External links

• Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit

References

	Diyala Governorate		Ilam Province, Iran
	Babil Governorate
	Wasit Governorate
	Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate	Dhi Qar Governorate	Maysan Governorate

v t e Governorates of Iraq Anbar Babylon Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Diyala Dohuk Erbil Karbala Kirkuk Maysan Muthanna Najaf Nineveh Qadisiyyah Saladin Sulaymaniyah Wasit

v t e Luristan in Iran and Iraq Luristan of Iran Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Bushehr Province Lorestan Hamadan Province Khuzestan Isfahan Markazi Kermanshah Fars Luristan of Iraq Diyala Wasit Maysan Source for percentages is the Ethnologue.