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Iraqi Provinces		Hits ( 95345 )
	Welcome to the Iraqi Provinces page. For information about each of the Provinces, click on the links below. Provinces Baghdad Salahad Din Diyala Wasit Maysan Al-Basrah DhiQar Al-Muthanna... Friday, July 31, 2009

Baghdad		Hits ( 24946 )
	Baghdad province includes the city of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and the surrounding area, including al-Mahmudiyah and Abu Ghraib. It has an area of 456 square miles, the smallest of the 18 provinces... Friday, July 31, 2009

Salahad Din		Hits ( 17181 )
	Salah ad Din or Salâh-ad-Dîn has an area of 15,380 square miles. The estimated population in 2003 was 1.15 million. The provincial capital is Tikrit. Samarra is also in Salah ad Din. The province... Friday, July 31, 2009

Diyala		Hits ( 18162 )
	Diyala province extends to the northeast of Baghdad as far as the Iranian border. Its capital is Baquba. Diyala province covers an area of 6,828 square miles. In 2003, it had an estimated population... Friday, July 31, 2009

Wasit		Hits ( 12769 )
	Wasit is in the east of Iraq. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle," as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Its major cities include the capital,... Friday, July 31, 2009

Maysan		Hits ( 14402 )
	Maysan province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Iran. Its capital is al-Amarah, which sits on the Tigris River. The second settlement is Majar al-Kabir. Before 1976 it was known as Amara... Friday, July 31, 2009

Al-Basrah		Hits ( 13521 )
	Al-Basrah province’s capital is Basra, the second largest city in Iraq. Other major cities include Qurna and Az Zubair and Umm Qasrand and Abu al-Khaseeb. The province borders with Kuwait to the... Friday, July 31, 2009

DhiQar		Hits ( 10602 )
	Dhi Qar province has an area of 8,016 square miles. In 2003, the estimated population of the province was 1.45 million. The province’s capital is An Nasiriyah. It also includes the ancient Sumerian... Friday, July 31, 2009

Al-Muthanna		Hits ( 13173 )
	Al-Muthanna province is in the south of Iraq, bordering Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Samawah. Prior to 1976, it was part of the Diwaniya province, which also included present day An-Najaf and al-Qadisiyah... Friday, July 31, 2009

Al-Qadisiyah		Hits ( 10625 )
	Al-Qādisiyyah is in the center of Iraq. Its capital is Ad Diwaniyyah. Before 1976 it was part of the province of Diwaniya with al-Muthanna and Najaf. Friday, July 31, 2009

Babil		Hits ( 9578 )
	Babil province has an area of 4,019 square miles with an estimated population of 1.7 million in 2003.The provincial capital is the town of al-Hillah. The city of al-Musayyib and the ancient ruins of... Friday, July 31, 2009

Karbala		Hits ( 8863 )
	Karbala province’s capital is the city of Karbala, a holy city for Shi'ite Muslims; it houses the shrine of Imam Hussein, a heavily revered figure in Shi'ite Islam. Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims from Iran,... Friday, July 31, 2009

An-Najaf		Hits ( 9202 )
	Najaf province has an area of 17,910 square miles. In 2003 it had an estimated population of 931,600 people. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya province, which also included present day al-Muthanna... Friday, July 31, 2009

Al-Anbar		Hits ( 12803 )
	The capital city of Al Anbar province is Ar Ramdi. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq, sharing a border with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The name of the province is Persian and... Friday, July 31, 2009

Ninawa		Hits ( 12587 )
	Ninawa province is in northern Iraq. Its name is derived from the biblical city of Nineveh in Assyria. It has an area of 23,190 square miles and an estimated population of 2.5 million. Its chief city... Friday, July 31, 2009

Dahuk		Hits ( 11154 )
	Dahuk province is in the north of Iraq, within the Kurdish Autonomous Region. Its capital is Dahuk city. It also includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the... Friday, July 31, 2009

Erbil		Hits ( 23935 )
	Erbil is in the north of Iraq. It derives its name from the city of Irbil, which is also its capital. Erbil city is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world and is... Friday, July 31, 2009

Kirkuk		Hits ( 11020 )
	Kirkuk province has an area of 6,390-square-miles and holds very rich oil and natural gas reserves. Prior to 1976, Kirkuk included the neighbouring As Sulaymaniyah province. In 2003 the estimated... Friday, July 31, 2009

As-Sulaymaniyah		Hits ( 12541 )
	As Sulaymānīyah province is within the Kurdistan Region. Its capital is the city of As Sulaymaniyah. Prior to 1976 it was part of the At Ta’mim province. As-Sulaymaniyah came under Provincial Iraqi... Friday, July 31, 2009