Muthanna Governorate

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{{short description|Governorate of Iraq}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Muthanna Governorate
| native_name = {{lang|ar|محافظة المثنى}}
| other_name = Al Muthanna Province
| image_map = Al-Muthanna in Iraq.svg
| mapsize = 200px
| image_flag = Flag of Muthanna Governorate.png
| image_seal = Emblem of Muthanna Governorate.png
| settlement_type = [[Governorates of Iraq|Governorate]]
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Muhannad al-Attabi
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}}
| subdivision_type1 = Capital
| subdivision_name1 = [[Samawah]]
| coordinates = {{coord|30|12|N|45|21|E|type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of = 2024
| population_density_km2 = 16
| population_total = 835,797<ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/Iraq.html#Stadt_alpha Citypopulation.de]</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 51740
| named_for = [[Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha]]
| density_km2 =
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2 = 0.644<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|medium}}
| website = http://muthana.gov.iq/
}}
'''Muthanna Governorate''' ({{langx|ar|المثنى}} ''Al Muthannā'') or '''Al Muthanna Province''', is a [[Governorates of Iraq|province]] in [[Iraq]], named after the 7th-century Arab general [[al-Muthanna ibn Haritha]]. It is in the south of the country, bordering [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]]. The provincial capital is the city of [[Samawah]].

==History==
Before 1976 it was part of the [[Diwaniya Province]], which included present-day [[Najaf Governorate]] and [[al-Qādisiyyah Governorate]].

[[Samawah]] is very close to the ancient [[Sumer]]ian-[[Babylonia]]n city of [[Uruk]] ([[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]: ''Erech''), which is possibly the source of the name [[Iraq]]. After the decline of [[Babylon]] following the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] founding of [[Seleucia]], Uruk became the largest city in southern Babylonia, and its name (''Erech'') came to replace ''Babili'' (Babylonia), as the city long outlived the former capital, surviving into the 7th century AD.

In February 1991 it was the location of one of the largest tank battles in history during the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], the [[Battle of Norfolk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/6-massive-tank-battles-from-us-history|title=These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history|date=16 April 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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|1977 |215,600
|1987 |315,815
|1997 |436,825
|2009 |683,126
|2018 |814,371
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==Provincial government==
*Governor: Ahmed Manfi Judeh
*Deputy Governor: Sami Al-Hassani
*Chairman of Al-Muthanna Provincial Council: Abdul Latif Al-Hassani

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Provinces of Iraq}}
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[[Category:Governorates of Iraq]]

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