Muthanna Governorate محافظة المثنى Al Muthanna Province | |
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| Coordinates:30°12′N45°21′E / 30.200°N 45.350°E /30.200; 45.350 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Capital | Samawah |
| Named after | Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Muhannad al-Attabi |
| Area | |
• Total | 51,740 km2 (19,980 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 835,797[1] |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.644[2] medium |
| Website | http://muthana.gov.iq/ |
Muthanna Governorate (Arabic:المثنىAl Muthannā) orAl Muthanna Province, is aprovince inIraq, named after the 7th-century Arab generalal-Muthanna ibn Haritha. It is in the south of the country, borderingSaudi Arabia andKuwait. The provincial capital is the city ofSamawah.
Before 1976 it was part of theDiwaniya Province, which included present-dayNajaf Governorate andal-Qādisiyyah Governorate.
Samawah is very close to the ancientSumerian-Babylonian city ofUruk (Aramaic:Erech), which is possibly the source of the nameIraq. After the decline ofBabylon following theSeleucid founding ofSeleucia, Uruk became the largest city in southern Babylonia, and its name (Erech) came to replaceBabili (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 thePersian Gulf War, theBattle of Norfolk.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1977 | 215,600 | — |
| 1987 | 315,815 | +3.89% |
| 1997 | 436,825 | +3.30% |
| 2009 | 683,126 | +3.80% |
| 2018 | 814,371 | +1.97% |
| Source: Citypopulation[4] | ||
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