Dhi Qar Province

Dhi Qar Province () is a province in southern Iraq. The provincial capital is Nasiriyah. Prior to 1976 the province was kept as Muntafiq Province. Dhi Qar wis the hertland o the auncient Iraqi ceevilization o Sumer an the ruins o Ur, Eridu, Lagash an Girsu are present here.

Auncient history

Provincial Govrenment
Govrenor: Talebalhassan
Deputy Govrenor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha 
Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Ihsan Al-Taei  

Dhi Qar the day
Dhi Qar province includes the touns o al-Rifai, Qalat Sukkar, Ash Shatrah, al-Gharraf, Suq al-Shuyouk, Khamisiyah an al-Chibayish

Accordin tae Ron Suskind, in the mid 1990s the govrenor wis Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, who later became polis chief o the kintra, an in 1999, director o the Iraqi Intelligence Service.

An Nasiriyah witnessed some o the hiviest fechtin an some o the stiffest resistance against invadin U.S. forces in 2003.

See an aw
Sumer
Cradle o ceevilization
Battle o Dhi Qar

References

Freemit airtins
Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq's Provinces frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit


Category:Provinces o Iraq
Category:Fertile Crescent