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|official_name = Al-Qadisiyah Governorate
|other_name = Qadisiyah Province
|native_name = القادسية
|image_map = Al-Qadisiya map.svg
|mapsize = 200px
|settlement_type = Province
|coordinates_display = inline,title
|coordinates_region = IQ
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}}
|subdivision_type1 = Capital
|subdivision_name1 = [[Al Diwaniyah]]
|latd=31 |latm=51 |latNS=N
|longd=45 |longm=3 |longEW=E
|population_as_of = 2013
|population_total = 1320000 (10% of total)
|area_total_km2 = 8153
|density_km2 =
}}
'''Al-Qadisiyah Governorate''' ({{lang-ar|القادسية ''Al Qādisiyah''}}) (or '''Qadisiyah Province''') is one of the [[Governorates of Iraq|provinces]] of [[Iraq]]. It is in the center-south of the country. Its capital is [[Al Diwaniyah]]. Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwāniyah Governorate, along with [[Al Muthanna Governorate|al-Muthannā Governorate]] and [[Najaf Governorate]]. The province is named after the historical city of [[Al-Qādisiyah (historical city)|Al-Qādisiyah]]; the site of the [[Battle of al-Qādisiyyah|Battle of al-Qādisiyah]], where in 636 CE the [[Islam]]ic [[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]] forces defeated the forces of the [[Sassanid Empire]].
==Provincial Government==
* Governor:
** [[Khalil Jalil Hamza]] (to August 11, 2007),
** [[Hamid al-Khudari]],
** [[Salim Husayin Alwan]]
** [[Dr. Ammar Al-Madany]]
* Deputy Governor:
** [[Hussain Al-Mosawy]]
* Provincial Council Chairman (PCC):
** Hakim Al-Khuza'i
==Districts==
*[[Hamza District]]
*[[Ash-Shamiyah]]
*[[Afak]]
==External links==
*[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
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Al-Qadisiyah Governorate
|North =
|Northeast = [[Wasit Governorate]]
|East = [[Dhi Qar Governorate]]
|Southeast =
▲|South = [[Al Muthanna Governorate]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Najaf Governorate]]
|Northwest = [[Babylon Province]]
}}
{{Provinces of Iraq}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Qadisiyyah Province}}
[[Category:Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate|*]]
[[Category:Governorates of Iraq]]
[[Category:Fertile Crescent]]
{{Iraq-geo-stub}}
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