Dhi Qar Governorate
Governorate of Iraq
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Government
- Governor: Yahia Nasseri
- Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha
- Governorate Council Chairman (GCC): Ihsan Al-Taei
Modern Dhi Qar
The governorate includes the towns of 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.
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%.
Districts
- Al-Chibayish
- Al-Rifa'i
- Shatrah
- Nasiriyah
- Suq Al-Shuykh
- Al-Dawaya
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