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Dhi Qar
Map of Iraq with Dhi Qar highlighted.
Capital
 • Coordinates
An Nasiriyah
 • ~° N ~° E
Population (2003)
 • Density
1,454,200
 • /km²
Area
12,900 km²
Time zone IST (UTC+3)
Main language(s) Kurdish
Arabic

Dhi Qar (Arabic: ذي قار) is a province in Iraq with an area of 12,900 km². In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,454,200 people. The governorate's capital is the city of An Nasiriyah. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Girsu. Before 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province. Image File history File links IraqDhiQar. ... Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic ناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... The Kurdish language is a language spoken in the region called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic ناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. ... Sumer (or Å umer) was one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iraq) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian... For other uses, see UR. Ur seen across the Royal tombs, with the Great Ziggurat in the background, January 17, 2004 Ur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, located near the mouth (at the time) of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu. ... Eridu (or Eridug) was an ancient city seven miles southwest of Ur . ... Lagash or Sirpurla was one of the oldest cities of Sumer and later Babylonia. ... Girsu (modern Telloh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq) is a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km northwest of Lagash. ...

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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.[1] Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province in the nation of Iraq. ... Maysan is one of the governorates of Iraq. ... The current government of Iraq took office on May 20, 2006 following approval by the members of the Iraqi National Assembly. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In October 2006, Parliament approved a law that allows, from April 2008, the possibility of fusion between two or more provinces. The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ...


The cities of the province

Dhi Qar governorate includes the towns of al-Rifai, Qalat Sukar, al-Shatra, al-Gharraf and Suq al-Shuyouk. Shatra is a town in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. ...


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]


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 Sept. 21 2006 from Italian forces, in a ceremony presided by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. [2] Iraqi Army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. ... Al Muthanna is one of the governorates of Iraq. ...

Dhi Qar cricket

The Dhi Qar Quacks are one of the great teams in the league,led by AR danzan22 they have reamined unbeaten since he first joined the team. danzan22 is h leading run scorer and 2nd in wickets, many say that he makes the team but danzan22 says " thats damn true". The Baghdad Bombers is the national league which danzan22 has been dropped from recently because he made the other players look bad, but this does into phase D22, he likes the playing against the lesser talented people. If u cant tel already danzan22 loves to win, does not matter what game and who against but he will try his best at everything. This world would be a crapper place without danzan22, we should all hail him for living on earth.


danzan22

Legen, god, fucking awsome guy, when you hear the name danzan22 these are the things you should be thinking. danzan22 was born onto this earth many years ago and since the day he was born he has blessed us. Some say he his the second coming of jesus, others say that he is god, to Dhi Qar he is their prophit. lets all hail danzan22 as he steps into the Baghdad Bombers team this week in the ODIs and kiss the ground that he walks on.



 
 

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