Place:Wasit, Iraq

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NameWasit
Alt namesWasitsource: Wikipedia
Wassit Governoratesource: Wikipedia
Wāsitsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 293
Wāsiṭsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Wāsiṭ governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates32.75°N 45.417°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Al-Ḥayy
Aziziyah
Kut
Shaykh Saʿd
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Wasit Governorate is a governorate in eastern Iraq, south-east of Baghdad and bordering Iran. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. Major cities include the capital Al-Kut, Al-Hai and Al-Suwaira. The governorate contains the Mesopotamian Marshes of Shuwayja, Al-Attariyah, and Hor Aldelmj. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle," as the former city of Wasit lay along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra. Wasit city was abandoned after the Tigris shifted course.

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