Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate

Al-Qadisiyah Governorate

القادسية
Al-Diwaniyah Governorate
Al-Qadisiyah Governorate القادسية Al-Diwaniyah Governorate
Governorate
	Seal
	Coordinates: 31°51′N 45°3′E / 31.850°N 45.050°E
Country	Iraq
Capital	Al Diwaniyah
Government
• Governor	Abbas al-Zamili
Area
• Total	8,153 km2 (3,148 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	1,320,000 (10% of total)
HDI (2021)	0.678; medium
Website	http://www.diwaniya.gov.iq/

Al-Qadisiyah Governorate (Arabic: القادسية, al-Qādisiyah), also known as the Al-Diwaniyah Governorate (Arabic: ٱلدِّيوَانِيَّة, ad-Dīwānīyah), is one of the governorates of Iraq. It is in the southern part of the center of the country. The estimated population of the province is about a million and a half million people, according to the census of 2014. Its capital is Al Diwaniyah. Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwāniyah Governorate, along with al-Muthannā and Najaf. The province is named after the historical city of Al-Qādisiyah, the site of the Battle of al-Qādisiyah, where in 636 CE the Islamic Rashidun forces defeated the forces of the Sassanid Empire. The governorate is predominantly Shia Arab. It includes the Mesopotamian marsh of Hor Aldelmj.

Education

There is one public university known as the University of Qadisiyah, which was founded in the late 1980s, and includes colleges such as nursing, pharmacy, law, literature, education, agriculture, medicine and others. The student population is mostly derived from districts and areas of the province and neighbouring provinces. The university is on the old road leading to the city of Hilla. The technical institute of Al-Qadisiyah is approximately 6 km from the city centre.^{[citation needed]}

Provincial Government

Governor: Sami Al Hasnawi
Deputy Governor: Hussain Al Mosawi
Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Jubayyir Al Jubouri

Demographics

Historical population

Year

Pop.

±% p.a.

1977

423,000

—

1987

559,805

+2.84%

1997

751,331

+2.99%

2009

1,077,614

+3.05%

2018

1,291,048

+2.03%

Source: Citypopulation^[2]

Districts

References

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Population of Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.

External links

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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[GlobalDataLab-1] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[2] "Population of Governorates". www.citypopulation.de.

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