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{{Short description|Governorate of Iraq}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Thi Qar
| native_name        = محافظة ذي قار
| other_name         = Thi Qar Province
| image_map          = Dhi Qar in Iraq.svg
| mapsize            = 200px
| image_seal         = Emblem of Dhi Qar Governorate.png
| settlement_type    = [[Governorates of Iraq|Governorate]]
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Iraq}}
| subdivision_type1  = Capital
| subdivision_name1  = [[Nasiriyah]]
| subdivision_type2  = Governor
| subdivision_name2  = Mortada Aboud al-Ibrahimi
| coordinates        = {{Coord|31|14|N|46|19|E|type:adm1st_region:IQ-DQ_dim:200000|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of   = 2018<ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/Iraq.html#Stadt_alpha Citypopulation.de]</ref>
| population_total   = 2,095,172
| density_km2        = 
| area_total_km2     = 12900
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.684<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}}
| iso_code           = IQ-DQ
}}

'''Dhi Qar Governorate''' ({{langx|ar|محافظة ذي قار|translit=Muḥāfaẓat Ḏī Qār}}, {{IPA|ar|muħaːfaðˤat ðiː qaːr|lang}}) is a [[Governorates of Iraq|governorate]] in southern [[Iraq]], in the Arabian Peninsula. The provincial capital is [[Nasiriyah]]. Prior to 1976 the governorate was known as Muntafiq Governorate. Thi Qar was the heartland of the ancient Iraqi civilization of [[Sumer]], and includes the ruins of [[Ur]], [[Eridu]], [[Lagash]], [[Larsa]], [[Girsu]], [[Umma]], and [[Bad-tibira]]. The southern area of the governorate is covered by [[Mesopotamian Marshes]].

==History==
===Ancient history===
{{Further|Sumer}}

===Battle of Dhi Qar===
{{Further|Battle of Dhi Qar}}

==Government==
*Governor: [[Yahia Nasseri]]
*Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011803321_pf.html |title=Dozens Killed in Clashes In S. Iraq |first=Amit R. |last=Paley |date=19 January 2008 |access-date=8 October 2023 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>
*Governorate Council Chairman (GCC): Ihsan Al-Taei<ref>{{cite news |url=http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news_05252008.html |title=Breathing the Same Air as Iraqi Counterparts |first=Jon |last=Dorschner |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=8 October 2023 |work=[[Embassy of the United States, Baghdad]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611005708/http://iraq.usembassy.gov/prt_news_05252008.html |archive-date=11 June 2008}}</ref>

==Modern Dhi Qar==
The governorate includes the towns of [[Al-Rifa'i District|al-Rifai]], [[Qalat Sukkar]], [[Al Shatrah]], [[al-Gharraf]], [[Suq el-Shuyukh]], [[Khamisiyah]], [[al-Chibayish]] and [[al-Dawaya]].

In the mid-1990s the governor was [[Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti]], who later became police chief of the country, and in 1999, director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.<ref>[http://www.ronsuskind.com/thewayoftheworld/2008/08/tahir_jalil_habbush.html excerpt from Suskind's book, on Suskind's webpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105194736/http://www.ronsuskind.com/thewayoftheworld/2008/08/tahir_jalil_habbush.html |date=2009-01-05 }}</ref>

===Demographics===

The population is approximately 2,000,000, predominantly [[Shia]] [[Arab]]. The southern marshes have traditionally been home to many [[Marsh Arabs]].

As of 2007, the area is very poor, with an unemployment rate of 17% and a poverty rate of 37%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iau-iraq.org/gp/thi-qar/default.asp |title=IAU - Iraq Information Portal (Thi-Qar) |website=www.iau-iraq.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926223907/http://www.iau-iraq.org/gp/thi-qar/default.asp |archive-date=26 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Districts==
* [[Al-Chibayish District|Al-Chibayish]]
* [[Al-Rifa'i District|Al-Rifa'i]]
* [[Al-Shatrah District|Shatrah]]
* [[Nasiriyah District|Nasiriyah]]
* [[Suq al-Shuyukh District|Suq Al-Shuykh]]
* [[Al-Dawaya District|Al-Dawaya]]

==See also==
* [[Al-Habboubi Square]]
* [[Ayad Radhi]]
* [[Cradle of civilization]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100101214748/http://www.iauiraq.org/reports.asp Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit] Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit

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