Investment Map

Dear Investor,

Investment opportunities found in Iraq today vary in terms of type, size, scope, sector, and purpose. the door is wide open for all investors who wish to hold investment projects in Iraq,; projects that would meet the growing needs of the Iraqi population in different sectors.

Iraq is a country that brims with potential, it is characterized by its strategic location, at the center of world trade routes giving it a significant feature along with being a rich country where you can find great potentials and untapped natural

resources which would certainly contribute in creating the decent living standards for people. Such features and characteristics creates favorable opportunities that will attract investors, suppliers, transporters, developers, producers, manufactures, and financiers, who will find a lot of means which are conducive to holding new projects, developing markets and boosting business relationships of mutual benefit.

In this map, we provide a detailed overview about Iraq, and an outline about each governorate including certain information on each sector. In addition, you will find a list of investment opportunities that was classified as per the available investment opportunities in each economic sector in each governorate. This updated map includes a number of investment opportunities that were presented by the concerned Ministries.

As we have published this document to serve your needs and requirements, we will certainly be pleased to receive any comments and suggestions you may raise, and we are gladly willing to cooperate with you to find constructive ways to attract investors who have the intention and willingness to participate in the process of economic renaissance in Iraq.

With all due respect..

Dr. Sami Al-A’raji
Chairman of the National Investment Commission

Prelude

This document was prepared by the National Investment Commission (NIC) in the Republic of Iraq for the purpose of providing a detailed presentation about the available investment opportunities in Iraq at the level of Provinces and Governmental Ministries.

This document in addition to Investment Guide to Iraq, will help to provide details about investment, investment atmosphere in Iraq and main travelling information. For help or more information, do not hesitate to contact us on:

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Are You Interested Investing in Iraq?

For general information about investment opportunities in Iraq or about how to get an investment license, please visit the National Investment Commission’s website on the internet at the following link:

www.investpromo.gov.iq

For more information or to arrange for a visit to Iraq, please contact the National Investment Commission on one of the following e-mails:

 

Department	e-mail
National Investment Commission	info@investpromo.gov.iq
One-Stop Shop Department	oss@investpromo.gov.iq
Economic Department	economic@investpromo.gov.iq
Legal and Administrative Department	Legal.deptl@investpromo.gov.iq
Public Relations, Promotion and Media Department	p.r.nic@investpromo.gov.iqpromotion@investpromo.gov.iqmedia@investpromo.gov.iq
Province Coordination Section	cwp@investpromo.gov.iq
Technical Section	projects@investpromo.gov.iq

 

Investment Commission of Kurdistan region

http://www.kurdistaninvestment.org

 

Websites of Provincial Investment Commissions:

Commission	Website
Baghdad Investment Commission	http://www.baghdadic.gov.iq
Diyala Investment Commission	http://invesdiyala.com
Saladin Investment Commission	http://investsalaaddin.org
Kirkuk Investment Commission	http://www.investkirkuk.com
Nineveh Investment Commission	http://www.mosulinvestment.org
Anbar Investment Commission	http://www.anbarinvest.net
Wasit Investment Commission	http://www.wasitic.gov.iq
Holy Karbala Investment Commission	http://www.krinves.com
Babylon Investment Commission	http://www.bic.gob.iq
Holy Najaf Investment Commission	http://www.investnajaf.net
Thi-Qar Investment Commission	http://www.thiqarinvest.gov.iq
Maysan Investment Commission	http://www.misic.com
Muthanna Investment Commission	http://www.misic.org
Diwaniya Investment Commission	http://www.investdiw.gov.iq
Basra Investment Commission	http://www.investbasrah.com

 

Why Invest in Iraq?

Iraq is characterized by having many factors that would attract capitals and investments, due to the availability of natural resources like oil, gas, lands, and human resources, as well as the large size of the Iraqi market and the geographic position which creates opportunities for production, import, and export. All this represents diversified attracting factors that reflect the diversity of investing opportunities in different economic sectors.

In the light of the change that the economic philosophy of Iraq has witnessed, the goals and the reasons included in the Investment Law (no. 13 for the year 2006, amended) have contributed to attracking foriegn investment, , due to the privileges and exemptions to these projects on the basis of the following:

• Acquiring lands and real-estates for the sole purpose of holding housing projects.
• Leasing lands and real-estates in order to establish investment projects with a lease term up to 50 years that can be renewed (depending on the project’s size and type).
• Entering and taking out the capital allotted to the project as well as its profits and revenues in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned law and Iraqi Central Bank regulations.
• Circulating shares and bonds in Iraqi Stock Market and acquiring membership in joint-stock companies.
• Creating investment portfolios in shares and bonds.
• Insuring projects with any Iraqi or foreign insurance company.
• Opening accounts in Iraqi or foreign currency or both in any bank inside or outside Iraq.
• Employing and hiring foreign labor in projects alongside local labor.
• Providing foreign investors and workers the right of residency in Iraq and facilitating the process of entering and leaving the country for them.
• Exempting the investment project from taxes for ten years starting from the commercial operation date, and extending this ten years period into fifteen years when the Iraqi investor’s share exceeds 50%.
• Exempting the assets imported for projects from duties for three years starting from the date of granting the license (article 17/ first of the Investment Law no 13 for the year 2006). This article has been amended to provide more resilience in offering exemptions by making the following paragraph read as: (assets imported for the purposes of the investment project are exempted from taxes and custom duties, provided that they are brought into the country during the project’s construction stages and before the commercial operation of each of the project’s stages commences, according to the basic design of the project and its timeline).
• Granting hotels, tourism institutions, hospitals, health institutions, rehabilitation centers, and educational and scientific institutions additional exemptions from the duties paid on furniture and the material needed for modernization and renewal purposes at least once every four years.
• Covering strategic partnerships with public sector projects by the advantages of the Investment Law.
• Providing financial and administrational autonomy to the Iraqi Provincial Investment Commissions.

Basic aims of development plans have become achievable, and the investment environment has turned stable because of:

• Significant improvement in security levels
• Adopting an effective economic, monetary and financial, policy that led to create relative stability in inflation rates, which helped in turn to achieve high annual economic growth rates.
• The trend towards activating the private sector’s role and expanding its participation in promoting investment and the economy, and opening doors for cooperation with the outside world.

 

A Glance at Iraq’s Geography

Iraq has a strategic and effective position in the world as it represents a crossroad for the different routes connecting the world continents and a land bridge leading to naval communication routes. Iraq is important on both international and commercial levels. The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The country consists of eighteen Provinces, three of them, Al-Sulaimanyah, Erbil, and Duhouk, constitute Kurdistan Region, whereas Basra, Mosul, and Erbil are considered the principal Provinces due to the large areas and large number of population they enjoy. Iraq’s main resources are oil, natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, iron, red mercury, kaolin clays, bauxite, limestone, gravel.

Geographically, Iraq can be divided into four main areas: the Western Area, the Southern Area, the Mountain Area, and the Sedimentary Plains Area. The area of the country is about (438,446) km². The population of Iraq is about (36) million, most of them live in urban areas.

Iraq has two main rivers which are Tigris and Euphrates, whose lengths are  (1850 km) and (2350 km). Both of these rivers rise in Turkey and converge in Al-Qurna City in Basra Province to form Shatt Al-Arab which in turn flows for another (185 km) before reaching The Arabian Gulf.

Iraq borders Turkey to the north, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Gulf to the south, Iran to the east, Syria and Jordan to the west.

Land Borders

The total length of Iraqi borders is (3631) km distributed as follows: (1458) km with Iran, (181) km with Jordan, (242) km with Kuwait, (814) km with Saudi Arabia, (605) km with Syria, and (331) km with Turkey. On the other hand, the total length of maritime borders is (58) km*.

Lakes

There are many lakes in Iraq, the most prominent of them are:

Dowkan Lake, Al-Habaniya Lake, Al-Razaza Lake, Sawa Lake, Darbendekhan Lake, and Al-Najaf Lake.

Dams

Dowkan Dam, Darbendekhan Dam, Al-Therthar Dam, Al-Habaniya Dam, Al-Faluja Dam, Al-Hindiya Dam, Mosul Dam, Duhouk Dam, Himreen Dam, Al-Kut Dam, Samaraa Dam, Qazanya Dam, Al-Itheim Dam, and Hadeetha Dam

Rivers

The Tigris, The  Euphrates, Diyala River, Al-Zab Al-Kabeer River, Al-Zab Al-Sagheer River, Shatt Al-Arab River, Al-Idhaim River

Surface Classification

Iraq’s surface can be classified into four main areas: the Western Plateau, the Mountainous Area, the Sedimentary Plain Area, and the Undulating Area.

Mountains

Sinjar Mountain, Qaradagh Mountain, Himreen Mountain, Sanam Mountain, Al-Jabal Al-Abyadh, Kara Mountain, Qindeel Mountain, Helgord Mountain, Mateen Mountain, Korek Mountain

Marshes

Al-Hamar Marsh, Al-Huweiza Marsh, Al-Jibayish Marsh, Al-Qurna Marsh.

Islands

Alus Island, Jibba Island, Um Al-Khanazeer Island, Um Al-Russas Island, Hijam Island, Um Al-Babi Island, Al-Sindbad Island.

A Glance at Iraq’s Economy

Iraq’s economy has showed a good performance for the year 2012-2013-2014, since it varies in its natural, human, and spatial resources. In addition, it has a healthy economic structure. Given all that, it represents a very suitable environment for investments. The following economic, developmental, and social indications support such argument:

Oil Sector

• Oil plays a vital role in the development of Iraq’s economy as it contributes to GDP about 40% in fixed prices for the year 2013, and 44% in fixed prices for 2014, and about 46% in GDP for 2014 in oil sector and more than 90% of financial reveinues.
• Oil sector has achieved a significant rise in production as the conducted researches showed that crude oil production had a noticeable rise during the year 2013- 2014 as it increased from (2,8) million bpd to (3) million bpd.
• Iraq has large potentials and competitive experience in sulfur-related industries. It also produces significant amounts of nitrogen fertilizers and phosphate as well as silica reserves.

Table (1)

Basic statistics related to oil sector for the year 2014

Fixed Oil Reserves	144 Billion bpd
Fixed Gas Reserves	98 trillion cubic feet (TCF)
Free Gas Reserves	31 trillion cubic feet (TCF)
Oil Production 2014	3 million bpd
Targeted Production 2020	8  million bpd
Oil exports 2014	2,5  million bpd

*source: Iraqi Ministry of Oil  according to its letter no.899 on 26/3/2015

• Foreign Exchange Indications

The Central Bank and commercial banks have reported a noticeable increase in its foreign assets during 2008-2013, as it jumped from (68.084.967) million Dinars in 2008 to (97.492.510) million Dinars in 2012 to (112,787,829) million Dinars in 2013, whereas liabilities witnessed some fluctuation, amounting to (3,934,507) million Dinars in 2011, while estimated in 2013 with (3,679,416) million Dinars which reflects foreign assets sedate.

The following table shows foreign liabilities and assets for the period (2008-2013) in million Iraqi Dinars.

Table (2)
Foreign Liabilities and Assets for the period (2008-2013)

*Iraqi Million Dinar

Year	Total Foreign liabilities	Total Foreign Assets
2008	2.043.946	68.084.967
2009	5.767.829	67.910.770
2010	3.806.679	71.922.626
2011	3.934.507	82.980.261
2012	3.608.750	97.492.510
2013	3,679,416	112,787,829

 

*Source: Iraqi Central Bank – Annual Statistic Journal 2013

• Financial Policy and Financial Deficit

Public spending, in its two parts: current and investment, has expanded due to the wide range of building and construction projects undertaken by the government to compensate for years of wars and economic sanctions. This expansion was made possible by virtue of the vast increase in oil revenues, which contributed greatly to financing the state’s Overall Balance and honoring Iraq’s internal and foreign obligations. Many observers, including IMF, have indicated that the budget deficit has been lower than expected, and that the increase in oil revenues may gradually turn this deficit into a surplus, easing the burden on public finance.

Table (3)
Public Budget for the period 2008-2013

*Values in Million Dinar

Year	Revenues	Expenditures	Surplus
2008	80.252.182	59.403.375	20.848.807
2009	55.209.353	52.567.025	2.642.328
2010	70.178.223	70.134.201	44.022
2011	108.807.392	78.757.666	30.049.726
2012	119.817.224	105,139,576	14,677,648
2013	113,676,395	106,873,027	6,894,368

 

*source: Iraqi Central Bank- Annual Statistic Journal 2014
-actual data for 2014 was not available

 

Table (4)
US Dollar vs. Iraqi Dinar exchange rates averages for the period (2008-2013)

* Values in Iraqi Dinar

Year	Market rate	Auction rate
2008	1203	1193
2009	1185	1170
2010	1186	1170
2011	1196	1170`
2012	1233	1166
2013	1232	1166

Chart 3 Iraqi Dinar vs US Dollar

 

• Interest Rates

Interest rates witnessed massive increase in the period (2005-2009), as it reached at some point 23%. Consequently, investment fields were minimized. In order to reverse this situation, the financial authority reduced this rate to 6% and later to 4%. Such a move will help expansion in the investment field, as it motivates investors to borrow money locally in order to expand their activities in the economic field, which promotes economic development and economic stability.

 

• Inflation Rate

Annual inflation rates passed 30% in 2007, but it decreased to 2.4% in 2010, only to rise again in 2011 and 2012 to 5% and 6% respectively. The rise concentrated in the prices of food, commodities, and rents, which raised consumer prices record. While in 2013 the inflation rate has reached (1.9%) compared to its value in 2012 as this increasement focused on prices of clothes, housing,health and education. In 2014 it reached 2.2% the increase was in transportation ,clothes, housing and education.

Table (5)
The Inflation Rate for the period 2013-2014

* Values in Iraqi Dinar

 

Change rate %	2014	2013	Total of Main Goods and materials	No
2,7	152	148	Non-alcoholic Food and Drinks	1
0.7	135,6	134,7	Alcoholic drinks and Tobacco	2
3,2	149,4	144,8	Clothes and Shoes	3
2.0	162,5	159,3	Housing, Water,Electricity and Gas	4
1,5	123,2	121,4	Supplies, Household Equipment and Maintenance	5
2,4	168,6	164,6	Health	6
4.1	110,3	106,0	Transportation	7
0.4	77.0	76,7	Communication	8
1.2	105,3	104,1	Entertainment and Culture	9
2.1	176,6	174,0	Education	10
1,6	150,5	148,1	Restaurants	11
– 1,8	148,8	151,5	Goods and various services	12
2.2	145,9	142,7	General Record number

Chart 4 Propotion of Commidity Groups Goods to Inflation Rate
for the year 2013-2014

• Demographic Trends and Economic prosperity

According to the latest estimation (done by the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology in the Ministry of Planning of 2014) Iraq population is about 36  million, with an annual average growth of 2.6%. Hence, Iraq is considered a large, promising, investment-supporting market, especially when we consider the fact that per capita income has increased significantly to reach 5500$, creating higher demand for different types of commodities, goods, and services, and this in turn will lead to more growth and diversity in the structure and trends of investment activities in Iraq.

• Major sectors are: oil and gas, , housing and infrastructure, transport, health, industry, agriculture, communication, services, education, and tourism.
• Major agricultural products are: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, and cotton.

Table (6)
The country’s GDP in fixed prices for the year 1988 and according to activities and sectors for the years 2010-2014

*Values are in billion Dinar

 

Code	Activities	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
1	Agriculture, forests and hunting	4.7	4.7	5.14.9	5.0	5.1
2	Mining and queries	24.3	27.3	30.7	31.7	32
1-2	Crude oil	24.1	27.1	30.6	31.6	31.8
2-2	Other types of Mining	0.2	0.2	0.172	0.176	0.220
3	Transformation industry	1.7	1.7	2.1	1.9	2.3
4	Electricity and water	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.9
5	Building and construction	2.8	3.6	4.1	5.8	4.1
6	Transport, communication and storage	1.5	1.5	1.9	4	1.9
7	Whole-sale and Retail trade, hotels and the like	3.9	4.2	5.5	5.8	4.7
8	Money, insurance, and real estate services	7.9	8.4	8.7	8.8	9.4
1-8	Banks and insurance	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.8
2-8	Houses ownership	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.7
9	Social and personal development services	10.9	11.8	12.5	13.3	11.7
1-9	Public Governmental Services	10.2	11.0	11.3	12.00	10.5
2-9	Personal services	0.7	0.7	1	1.2	1.1
Totals		58.5	64.0	71.7	77.6	72.7

 

Banking sector

Over the past decades, banks owned by the state in Iraq conquered the whole banking sector activities in contrast to noticeable shrink of the private sector in this field. Non-banking financial institutions were remarked for their weak performance.

To cope with the aforementioned and under the political and economic changes in Iraq after 2003, the government attempted to carry out vast and vary reformations in the various economic/ financial and banking fields. The latter included the reformation of the banking sector, its tools and mechanisms and in accordance with various views, so as to get rid of the various

restrictions and obstacles. This has been through the revision of the codes and bylaws led by the aim of concentrating on competition and opening the local financial market to the international markets, as this openness insures the enhancement and development of the banking system to face the elements and factors of competition and risk, in addition to the technological development and big advancement achieved in the communication and information systems. This development has led to the reduction of the cost of the financial procedures over the borders, the enhancement of processing data and accountancy systems, and reflected,eventually as benefits, whether for the banks or their customers.

The structure of the banking system in Iraq varies  between governmental and commercial private banks. Governmental banks in Iraq mounted to (7) specialized banks (Al-Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, Cooperative Agricultural Bank, Industrial Bank, Estate Bank, Trade Bank of Iraq and Al Nahrain Islamic Bank), while the commercial private banks amounted to (46) banks.

Iraqi Stock Exchange Market

This market is regarded as one of the institutions which support investment and contributes to the achievement of stable and sustainable economic development in Iraq. It contributes to the strengthening of the investment structure and encourages the process of making capitals through assisting companies to build up the required capitals for investment and what support the interests of investors, elevates competition level through a free safe market characterized with transparency. This market has succeeded in gaining the membership of Arab Stock Markets 2006; the European Asian Union of Stock Markets 2005, and it exerts its efforts to gain the membership of the International Union of Stock Markets.

Investment law, Chapter three, Article 11, Advantages and Warrants, stipulates that foreign investor has the right to circulate at the Iraqi Stock Market by shares and bonds listed in it and to form investment portfolios.

Table no. (7)
Number of companies listed in the Iraqi Stock Market

Year	Companies’ no.
2008	94
2009	91
2010	85
2011	86
2012	84
20132014	83 86
2014	86

*Iraqi Securities Commission/Annual report 2014

 

• Circulation volume has reached approximately (301) b. Iraqi Dinar in 2008, (411) b. Dinar in 2009, (400) b. in 2010, (941) b. in 2011, (894) b. in 2012 and (2,845) b. in 2013 while it was (901) b in 2014 with decrease of 68% compared to 2013.
• Market value of the companies listed at the Iraqi stock Market amounted to approximately (11,451) Iraqi Dinar by the end of 2013, with an increase percentage of 115% compared to 2012 while it was (9546) b with a decrease of 6.16% compared to 2013. .
• Circulation volume has amounted to approximately (2,845) b. Iraqi Dinar in 2013, with an increase percentage of 217% compared to the previous year.
• Number of the circulated stocks amounted to (875) b. in 2013 with an increase percentage of 39% compared to the previous year while it was (746) b with a decrease of 14% compared to 2013.

Table (8)
Trading volume in Iraqi Stock Exchange Market

*Values in Billion Dinar

Year	Circulation Volume
2008	301
2009	411
2010	400
2011	941
2012	894
2013	2840
2014	901

• Inhabitant growth has kept a percentage which achieved stability at almost 2.6% annually, according to the available statistics until 2014.
• Age category of less than 15 years old has decreased from 41% in 2009 to 40% in 2012, while the category of 15- 64 years of age increased from 56% in 2009 to 56.9 in 2012. This means the increase of the pushing power in economy.
• Youth percentage, 15- 24 years of age (internationally recognized) has mounted to 20% in 2009, increased to 20.2% in 2013. This requires developing policies aiming at enhancing learning and job opportunities for the youth.
• The increase of the population percentage in the urban areas to mount to 69%,while country inhabitants’ percentage has been only 31% for 2014.

Table (9)
Number of Iraq’s population for the year 2014

Total			Countryside			Urban			Province
Total	Females	Males	Total	Females	Males	Total	Females	Males
3524348	1887332	1637016	1355481	744627	610853	2168867	1142704	1026163	Nineveh
1508854	739495	769359	418336	306512	111824	1090518	432983	657535	Kirkuk
1548493	751329	797163	793767	399687	394080	754726	351642	403084	Diyala
1675606	809760	865846	850438	395332	455107	825167	414428	410739	Anbar
7665292	3779527	3885765	956439	416736	539703	6708853	3362791	3346062	Baghdad
1953184	972762	980422	1015969	472938	543031	937215	499824	437391	Babylon
1151152	550828	600324	377646	193234	184412	773506	357594	415912	Karbala
1303137	643626	659511	538146	262059	276087	764992	381568	383424	Wassit
1509153	736140	773013	830108	410120	419988	679045	326020	353026	Saladin
1389549	685480	704069	392898	190560	202338	996651	494920	501731	Holy Najaf
1220333	577627	642706	521948	262174	259774	698385	315453	382933	Al-Qadisiyah
770476	367299	403177	427476	215087	212390	342999	152212	190787	Muthana
1979561	950449	1029113	719539	357589	361950	1260022	592859	667162	Thi-Qar
1050580	528166	522414	283374	145148	138226	767206	383018	384188	Maysan
2744758	1369375	1375384	536406	260984	275422	2208352	1108391	1099962	Basra
1749915	858913	891002	286582	69523	217059	1463333	789389	673943	Erbil
1220396	475356	745040	317557	111966	205591	902838	363390	539448	Duhok
2039767	1002082	1037686	299271	150339	148932	1740496	851743	888753	Sulaimaniyah
36004552	17685544	18319008	10921381	5364615	5556766	25083171	12320929	12762242	Total

 

Province of Baghdad

Historical Background

Province of Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. It is situated on the Tigris River. It is the biggest city in Iraq; the second biggest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the second biggest city in Western Asia, after Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Baghdad is an important point as roads, air, and trains cross at it. It is regarded as the economic, administrative, commercial and educational center and GOI headquarter

Baghdad has been the most important center of the various sciences in the world. It had been the meeting spot of scholars and learners for many centuries. Baghdad has several names, such as, Al-Mudawarrah (the Circular), Al-Zawra (the Deviated), and Dar Ul-Salam (House of Peace).  Tigris River passes through the city, dividing it into two halves: Karkh (Western part) and Rusafa (Eastern part).

Baghdad has a lot of historical and civilization sites, most important of which is Al-Mustansiriyah School, ancient Islamic mosques, ancient palaces, and the National Museum which embraces the most important Mesopotamian civilization.

• Area: Baghdad has the area of 4.555 km².

• Population

Inhabitants of Baghdad are approximately (7.665.292), seven million and six hundred sixty five thousand, two hundred ninety two persons according to 2014 statistics. Almost 83% of the inhabitants of the capital are concentrated in the City of Baghdad itself, while 17% of them reside in its countryside and outskirts as Baghdad is the biggest city in Iraq and the second in area in Asia. These data shows that the density within the municipal boundaries of the city is extremely high. This high density requires more and more housing complexes and other various economic activities.

• Main cities

Rusafa District, Karkh District, Kadhimiyah District, A’adhamiyah District, Al-Sadr District (1), Al-Sadr District (2), Madaien District, Abu Ghraib District, Mahmoudiyah District, Taji District, Tarmiyah District.

• Bridges in Baghdad:

Muthanna Bridge, Aa’ima Bridge, 14^th of Ramadhan Bridge, Iron Bridge, Bab Al-Muadham Bridge, Shuhada Bridge, Ahrar Bridge, Sinak Bridge, Jumhuria Bridge, 14^th of July Bridge, Jadria Bridge, Hasanain Bridge, Dora Bridge.

• Main activities

The most important activities at the Province of Baghdad are concentrated in the following fields:
Oil refining, light industries, financial services, food manufacturing, tobacco, furniture, printing, construction, chemical and plastic material production, and electric devices.

Economy at a Glance

The capital Baghdad is regarded the center of the main and commercial activities. The main important oil industries are concentrated in it. Among these industries is Eastern Baghdad oil field which includes the biggest fixed reservations, in addition to many innovated and traditional industries among which are leather, textile, cement, and tobacco industries.

Baghdad, as well, is a vital and crucial center of financial and banking exchanges through its financial and banking sector (state and private). The most important specialized universities, schools, specialized institutes, state and private hospitals are located at it, in addition to a wide net of roads, international and local transport lines.

• Infrastructures

– There is a wide net of main roads and highways which link the capital to its south, north, east, and west. Among the most important of these is the international highway which links Baghdad to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in addition to the international way which links Basra to Turkey through Zakho in the north and passes through Baghdad, the capital.

– There are a number of important railway lines which link north Iraq to its south. There is, for instance, (Baghdad- Mosul) and (Baghdad- Basra) railways.

– There is also one of the most important airports (Baghdad International Airport), which is located at the western part of Baghdad, 16 km away from the center of the city. In addition, there is a net of land roads which link Baghdad, the capital, to the international lines, such as, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, and Syria.

• Education

Baghdad has four state Universities, Baghdad University (est. 1957), Mustansiriyah University (est. 1963), Technology University (est. 1974), and Nahrain University (est. 1980). There is also the Technical Institutes Foundation (est. 1969) which turned to be (Technical Teaching Commission) in 2001. There are many private Universities and Colleges all over the city; in addition, there are almost 2396 primary school and 300 kindergartens, more than 1336 secondary school, and a number of technical and training institutes.

• Health:

Baghdad has 47 state hospitals and 37 private one in addition to several health centers.

• Tourist sites

Baghdad has many museums, most important of which are the National Iraqi Museum which exhibit the antique treasures of Mesopotamia Civilization, Baghdadi Museum for Folklore Arts. It has numerous mosques, religious shrines, churches, and cathedrals.

1. Mustansiriyah School: This had been the most important university in the Islamic world during the Abbasid era. It had gained a wide reputation in teaching Arabic language; Theology, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharmacology, as well as it had its own university hospital to train its students.

Historically speaking, Mustansiriyah School had been famous for its watch which had been functioning astronomically; in addition to pointing time, it depicted locations of sun and moon at any time.

2. Abbasid Palace: One of the important buildings in Baghdad traced back to the second Abbasid era. It is situated near Bab Al-Mua’dham, on the River bank. Historians assign its building to the Caliph Al-Nasir Li Deen Illah (575- 623 A. H./ 1179- 1225 A. D.).

2. Murjaniyah School: Murjaniyah School which is known today as Murjan Mosque is situated at Shorja quarter, Rasheed street. It was named so after Ameen Al-Deen Murjan who built it in 758 A. H./ 1357 A. D., i. e., almost a hundred year after the Abbasid era. In its early stages, it had been similar to the Mustansiriyah School, as it had classrooms and a dormitory department.

2. Baghdad fence and its gates: It is one of the most striking features of Baghdad. Its walls were built circularly; its four gates deviated with 90 degrees for defensive purposes. Administrative and religious buildings were at the city center so as people may reach them easily.

5. Aqarquf: This is an important historical city. It is one of the cities which were built according to Sumerian – Babylonian architectural concepts. It is situated on 30 km west northwards of the city center. Its building age traces back to the 15^th century B. C. according to an order by the King Qurikalzo the first after whom it had been named.

Aqarquf was built on a prolonged scheme on natural limestone. The city took its water from a branch of the River Euphrates (Baiti Inleel), i. e., God Canal, according to the Babylonian naming. People dedicated for this God the city biggest temple. It is the creative God and God of air.

The most immanent thing one can see is the city Ziggurat, as it elevates to 57m above the plain surrounds it while the base was rectangular.

6. Madaien: This is one of the important historical cities the ruins of which erect on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, 30 km southwards the center of Baghdad. It was built during the 2^nd century BC. Its most prominent features are its high arch, a part of a huge palace on the River Tigris. Its building time goes back to the middle of the 3^rd century A. D. This Arch is the biggest and highest brick built Arch all over the world. Its building design had been developed from genuine Iraqi style of architecture. Iwan (Hall) idea was developed from the ancient Iraqi buildings. Cities’ entrances frontages and some Assyrian palaces provide clear order of the development of the idea of Iwan.

 

Province of Diyala

Area

The area of the Province of Diyala is (17.685) km² which represents 4% of the total area of Iraq.

Population

Population of the province is (1.548.493) person.

Main cities:

• Ba’quba District
• Baladrouz District
• Khalis District
• Mouqdadiyah District
• Khanaqeen District
• Kifri District

Economy at a Glance

The economic activities at the Province are concentrated in agriculture because of being situated on two main sources of water, Diyala River (a main affluent of Tigris River) and Udhaim River. A large number of the manpower is employed in agriculture. Orange is widely grown in its orchards. Date palm trees are concentrated around Mouqdadiyah and run north towards Kifri. Olive, wheat, barley, and dates planting are common. The Province is also famous for cattle breading, poultry, honey heaves, and fisheries.

The best part of its land is characterized by being fertile and plain, beautified by the mountains of Himreen and Zagros, the two lakes of Himreen and Udhaim, the orchards of date palms, fruits, farms of vegetables, grains, and dozens of factories.

Education:

The Province has only one University, University of Diyala and two private collages, Al Yarmook and Mesopotamia collages. There are more than 911 primary school in Diyala; 44 kindergartens, more than 480 secondary schools; 10 institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and many technical institutes.

Health:

Diyala has 12 hospitals and 96 medical centers.

 

Province of Saladin

Location

Province of Saladin is situated northwards Baghdad, the capital, and almost 165 km away from it. It is bordered by the Provinces of Nineveh and Irbil from the north, Kirkuk and Sulaimaniyah to the east, Diyala and Baghdad to the south and Anbar to the west. Saladin has a vital geographical location being the knot of transportation between the northern and southern Provinces.

Area

The area of the Province of Saladin is 25.807 km².

Population

Population of the Province is (1.509.153) person.

Main cities:

• Tikrit District
• Dour District
• Samara District
• Balad District
• Peigi District
• Tuz District
• Dijail District

Main activities

Cattle breading, agriculture, oil refinery, animal feed, drug industry.


Infrastructures

One of the main roads that lead to the north passes through the province of Saladin. In addition, there are roads which link it to Kirkuk to the east, and Haditha and Qaim to the west. Baghdad- Mosul railway passes through the city of Tikrit, too.

Education:

The Province has only one University, (University of Tikrit), more than 1199 primary school, 42 kindergarten, more than 527 secondary school, 11 Teachers’ Qualifying Institute and many vocational institutes and schools

Health

Province of Saladin has 12 hospital and almost 98 medical center.

Tourist sites

City of Samara: The ruins of the city of Samara run on the eastern bank of the River Tigris for 35 km, from Samara to the south: The Grand Mosque, Malwiyah, and Ashiq Palace.To the north of Malwiyah, there are the house of the Caliph, Equestrian arena, Abu Dulaf Mosque, Mutawakkiliyah, and Rasasi River.

Province of Kirkuk

Area

The area of the Province of Kirkuk is 9.679 km², 2.2% of the total area of Iraq.

Population

Inhabitants of the Province are (1.508.854).

Main cities:

• Kirkuk District
• Hawijah District
• Daquq District
• Dibs District

Main activities

• Crude Oil
• Cement
• Agriculture

Infrastructures

Province of Kirkuk is characterized by the many main roads which link it to the neighboring provinces. It is located on the main road linking the capital with the north.

The strategic location of the province which links the north to the middle has made the city a crossway for roads and railways  linking it to the capital, Baghdad.

Education:

The Province of Kirkuk has only one University, (University of Kirkuk), more than 1121 primary school, 77 kindergartens, more than 461 secondary school, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Kirkuk has 9 hospitals and more than 114 medical center.

Tourist sites

Castle of Kirkuk: This is one of the ancient sites at the Province. Its height is 140m with an oval shape, it has historical churches in addition to  palaces from the Ottomans era.

Province of Nineveh

Area

The area of the Province of Nineveh is (36.515 km²).

Population

Inhabitants of the Province are (3.524.348).

Main cities

Main activities

Agriculture, oil, asphalt, textile, sugar, dairy products, and cement.

Infrastructures

Mosul represents the crossways center in the north of Iraq. Both the main road from Baghdad to Turkey and the railway line pass through it. It also has an international airport, a number of bridges on the River Tigris which links east to west banks.

Education:

The Province has only one University, (University of Mosul), more than (1802) primary school, 114 kindergartens, more than (647) secondary school, 10 Teachers’ Qualifying Institutes, (43) library and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Nineveh has 17 hospital and 156 health center.

Tourist sites

There are a lot of tourists sites in Nineveh among which are the Mosque of Prophet Younus, Mosque of Khidhr, Hadba Minaret, Noumroud, and Bashtabiyah Castle. The city is famous for its tourist woods, Mosul Dam, in addition to many worship places and religious shrines which are related to many Prophets and priests.

Dam of Mosul: It is located on the River Tigris, approximately 60 km to the north of Mosul. It had been accomplished in 1986. Its length is approximately 75 km from the Dam site to the Iraqi- Turkish borderline. The area of its lake is almost 220 km². A tourist city was established by it. It contains several tourist facilities and apartments.

Province of Irbil

Area

The area of Irbil is (13.165) km². The province occurs within the steppe area which has transitional climate between that of the Mediterranean and the desert climate. It is characterized for its sever cold and drop of humidity average. Irbil is regarded as one of the historically important cities throughout ages and an important effective cultural and civilization center in Kurdistan of Iraq. Its naming refer back to the Assyrian age when it was given the name of (Arba-Ilo), i. e. the four Gods. This is a metonymy of the important Assyrian temples at Irbil.

Population

The number of the inhabitants of Irbil is 1.749.915 person

Main cities   

Province of Irbil constitutes of a number of main districts, these are: Irbil District, Rawandouz District, Soran District, Khabat District, Plain of Irbil District, Shaqlawa District.

Infrastructures

Irbil is the capital of Kurdistan Reign and a commercial center. It has a land strategic line which links it to Iran and the border center of Choman for commercial exchange. The province has three round streets, street 60, street 90, and street 120. It has Irbil International Airport as well.

Education

The Province has a number of primary and secondary schools among which is the international school of Shwaifat, and many state universities, colleges and institutes in addition to the private ones. The most important state Universities include Hawler medical university, Saladin University, and Kurdistan University Among the private institutions are Dijlah College University, Jihan College University, the Lebanese- French University for Business Management, and Ishq Medical College.

Health

The Province has more than 42 hospital covering all the specializations and a number of the State central hospitals, among which are (Irbil University hospital, Azadi hospital, Rezgari hospital, Central Children hospital) and 270 medical center all over the province outskirts and districts.

Tourist sites

Castle of Irbil: It is situated at the center of the city of Irbil at Kurdistan of Iraq. Its history dates back to the Assyrian age, approximately the first millennium B. C. It was built primarily for defensive purposes, as it was regarded immune stronghold for the city of Irbil by then.

Gilli Ali Beg waterfall

This waterfall occurs between the cities of Khalifan and Soran. Its length is 12 km. It is situated between the mountains of Korek and Nouatheen, 60 km from Shaqlawa summer resort. Gilli Ali Beg waterfall descends from a high point in a high speed. It is 130 km from the city of Irbil and it is one of the beautiful summer resorts in Irbil and in Iraq in general. It is 800 m above sea level.

Bikhal waterfalls

They are regarded among the most beautiful tourist sites in Iraq. The area is characterized for its humming waterfalls and its beautiful landscapes. These waterfalls are 10 km. from Rawandouz city. Bikhal has been known as summer resort which has wonderful waterfalls and landscapes.

Shaqlawa resort

The city is famous for its waterfalls and mountainous nature as it is situated on the mountain Sifeen.

Province of Duhok

Location

Province of Duhok is situated in the region of Kurdistan, extremely to the north west of Iraq. This province enjoys a special importance from the historical and geographical stand of view. The ruins and sculptures which were discovered in its hills and caves depict this importance. Moreover it has a distinctive geographical situation as it occurs on the borders between two states, and an international strategic transport way passes through it to link Iraq to Turkey and the external World as well. In addition, oil line which passes from Kirkuk to Turkey penetrates its north western corner. The province of Duhok is characterized by its various land shape, including the high mountains which shape the political borders of Turkey, and wide plains which are rich in their agricultural resources. These shape the southern part of the province.

Population

Inhabitants of the Province is (1.220.396).

Main cities

Province of Duhok is consisted of several important districts including Duhok District, Zakho District, Sheikhan District, Summail District, Berdersh District, and Namidi District.

Infrastructures

Province of Duhok is an important commercial center. Ibrahim Al-Khaleel entrance on the border with Turkey is one of the important points through which 40% of the materials pass. The province has a strategic road links it to Turkey.

Education:

The province has more than five private Universities and Colleges most important of which are (College of Agriculture, University of Duhok, and University of Kurdistan), many technical and administrative institutes, 440 primary schools, 215 secondary school and many  Teachers’ Qualifying Institutes and vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Duhok has 19 hospitals inside the province and 157 medical center all over its outskirts and districts.

Tourist Sites

Serseng summer resort 

This is 126 km from Mosul. It is 1.046 m. above sea level. The maximum temperature there during summer mounts to 34°.

Soulaf summer resort

This is (166) km from Mosul through a paved way, 5 km from Imadiah. It is 1150m above sea level. It has many marvelous waterfalls as high as 25 m. The summer resort is characterized by its numerous caves most important of which is Safi cave shaded by nut trees.

Jarsteen cave

This is a four columned cave at the valley of Duhok. Some historical references and some historians who visited the area confirm that it is one of the most ancient caves in which man had lived.

Historians confirm that Jarsteen cave dates back to the middle ages with its most ancient documents dates back to 12.000 years B. C. There is also the hill of Bastik and of Kammoun which date back to the history of the Kurdish Metanic State, in addition to the hill of Malta, the cave of Hilamta at Shandoukha, southward the province center which dates back to the ages of the Kurdish medians.

Still, there are many other caves and antiques sculptured on stones and many other ancient sites.

Province of Sulaymaniyah

Population

Inhabitants of the Province is (2.039.767).

Main cities

Province of Sulaymaniyah is consisted of several important districts including Sulaymaniyah District, Qara Dagh District, Shara Zour District, Sayed Sadiq District, Halebcha District, Penjoueen District, Ranyah District, Dokan District, Derbendikhan District, Klar District, and Chamchamal District.

Infrastructures

Province of Sulaimaniyah is a border province which has a commercial relation with Iran and has Sulaimaniyah International Airport.

Education

Education in Sulaimaniyah, just like in other places in Iraq, is free starting from primary school till university graduation. Sulaimaniyah has more than 600 primary school; 310 secondary school; more than 15 vocational institutes and the University of Sulaimaniyah which was established in 1968 using Arabic and English languages in teaching. It was transferred to Irbil under the name of Saladin University and the new University of Sulaimaniyah has been inaugurated in 1991 which teaches in Arabic, English and Kurdish as well. In 2007 The American University at Sulaimaniyah, the first University of International teaching has been inaugurated. It teaches in English and includes 6 private Colleges.

Health

Province of Sulaimaniyah has 50 hospital and 502 medical centers  all over its outskirts and districts.

Tourist Sites

Serchenar summer resort:

Serchenar summer resort is 5 km away from the center of Sulaimaniyah city. It is rich in trees, lot of water, and wide shaded areas. This summer resort has the hotel of Serchenar in addition to many tourist houses, a number of hotels and coffee shops prepared to receive tourists and provide them with services. There are also Luna parks and big entertainment gardens.     

Dokan Lake:

This lake is 71 km from the center of the province of Sulaimaniyah, 141 km from the city of Kirkuk. It has been established near the Dam of Dokan on the Minor Zab. For the ease of tourist, an integrated vast tourist complex, game hall, coffee shops, and a modern market have been established to help people get their food. There are playing areas for adults and children, a pool, and boats marina too.

Ahmed Awa waterfalls:   

These are 75 km to the east of Sulaimaniyah, parallelizing the Iranian borders. This spot is regarded as a border point between Iraq and Iran, as the distance from there to the Iranian borders is only half an hour by car. The area is 2.000m above the sea level. The summer resort is situated amidst high mountain series. It is regarded as one of the most important sites in the city.

Province of Anbar

Area

The area of the province is approximately 137.723km².

Population

The population of the Province is (1.675.606) person

Main cities:

• Ramadi District
• Faluja District
• Heet District
• Hadeethah District
• Ana District
• Rawa District
• Qaim District
• Rutbah District

Main activities

• Planting grains
• Cattle breading
• Dates production
• Fertilizers production
• Cement Manufacturing
• Ceramics Manufacturing
• Glass Manufacturing

Economy at a Glance

Industrial raw materials are available at Anbar Province which can be extracted through mine methods like that of natural gas and oil in (Ukaz) gas field westward Anbar which reserves is estimated to be (50) b. f³ and (Reesha) gas field, oil experts estimates refers to the availability of oil reservoirs in the Province  of Anbar which need more exploring processes so as to estimate the quantities of the reserves and its economic feasibility. Anbar has approximately 53 Trillion cubic feet of natural gas in addition to the natural mineral fortunes, such as gold, phosphate, iron, uranium, sulfur, and silver. There are water resources embodied in the River Euphrates which runs (450 km), from the western north to the eastern south of the Province. In addition, there are four big water surfaces, the lakes of (Habbaniyah, lake of dam of Hadeethah, lake of Thirthar, and Razaza Lake).

There are reservoirs of groundwater suitable for irrigation in the western desert and arable fertile soil.

Infrastructures

There is only one railway in the province. It starts from the capital, Baghdad, to end at the mines’ area at Ukashat, having the length of (522) km. This railway is used to carry passengers and goods. Anbar has (24) station for passengers and (5) for goods.

• The highway is regarded as the longest of the main roads in the province of Anbar, as it is (596) km. It stretches from Baghdad- Faluja- Ramadi- Turaibeel- Tunuf at the Iraqi- Syrian borders.
• Another way has the length of (219) km linking Qaim – Ukashat- Rutbah district.
• Qaim- Hadeethah road, (156) km
• Nikhaib- Ar’ar outlet (160) km on the borders of Saudi Arabia.

Province of Anbar has borders with three states: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia Kingdom.

The Province has (4) outlets:

• Turaibeel outlet with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• Tunuf outlet with Syria.
• Qaim outlet with Syria.
• Ar’ar outlet with Saudi Arabia Kingdom.

Education:

The Province has two Universities, Anbar University and Faluja University, in addition to technical institutes, a number of private colleges and the College of Al-Imam Al-‘Aadham- Branch of Anbar. There are 1201 primary school; 47 kindergarten, 584 secondary school, 4 Teachers’ Qualifying Institute and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Anbar has (15) hospital and (161) medical center

Tourist sites

Lake of Thirthar: One of the most beautiful artificial lakes in Iraq. It was formed after Dam of Samara was built for irrigation purposes and to control floods of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The lake can be attained at from Baghdad via Faluja and Ramadi, or via Samara.

Lake of Habbaniyah: This is a pan located to the south of the city of Ramadi, used to store 3.3 b.m³ and to return 2.7 b.m³ to the River of Euphrates at the season of draught. The lake is controlled by the Dam of Ramadi. The lake is linked southward to a river which connects it to the lake of Thirthar to drain the surplus water from Habbaniyah Lake to the Lake of Razaza whose capacity is 26 b.m³. A resort has been established on the banks of this lake.

Province of Wasit

Location

Province of Wasit situates in the southern part of the middle area, The province center is the city of Kut, 172 km to the south of Baghdad, bordered by the Province of Diyala and Baghdad to the north and Maisan Province (206 km) and Thi Qar (204 km) both to the south, Babylon is ( 274 km) to the west and AL Qadesiah is ( 192 km) to the south west. Eastwards of the Province is the international borderline of Iraq with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Area

The area of the Province of Wasit is (17153) km²

Population

The population of the Province is (1303137) person

Main cities:

•  Kut District
• Al Noumaniah District
• Hai District
• Badra District
• Aziziyah District
• Souairah District.

Main Activities

– Agricultural

– Livestock

– Crude oil extraction

– Border port (Trade and tourism)

Economic at a Glance 

The Province is famous for   its Minerals and natural resources and a huge reservations of oil (such as, the oil fields of Ahdab at Ahrar District and Badrah field) and reservations of natural gas linked to the oil reservations. Raw materials for construction industries, such as cement, gypsum, brick, etc.) are also available in large quantities.

The province is distinguished by its agricultural lands and producing a high quality of the strategically grown plants such as wheat, barley, corn, cotton, sunflower, and many dates, vegetables and fruits production where The River Tigris go through it from north to south in a 327 km length in addition to Al Garaf, Al Deejail and Al Kalall rivers and underground waters.

 

Infrastructure:

Electricity:

Al Zobaidiah station is considered as a large electrical project in the country, it includes six generating units, four of them is of 330 MW per unit, and two of them are of 1220 MW overall power.

Education:

The Province has only one University, private collages and institutions, 818 primary school; 44 kindergartens and 284 secondary school.

Health

Province of Wasit has 8 public and private hospitals and 63 health care center.

Roads and Transportations:

In Wasit there is a net of main roads that link it with the Capital Baghdad and other province s such as ( Thi Qar , Maisan  and Babylon) in addition to the main road that connects the province  with the borderline with The Islamic Republic of Iran through Badra Border Port.

Tourism sites:

The province has many ancient and historical sites in addition to the religious sites dispersed in different locations of the province.

Wasit Historical City:

The city is located to the south east of Wasit and it goes back to 83 H, the gate of the city is one of the noticeable sites till this day which is thought to be the remains of the sand school in Wasit City.

Saeed Ibn Al Jabeir Shrine:

The shrine is Located in District of Al Hai 40 km to the south of Kut as he was one of Imam Ali ( Poh) friends.

Imam Taj Al Dein Shrine:

The shrine is located in Taj Al Dein District (to the north of Wasit province) around 100 km far from the center of the city and it is considered as a source of attraction to many visitors and tourists which empowers the tourism in the country.

Al Motanabi:

The shrine is located in Al Numaniya District in Wasit in which Al Mutanabi poetical festival is held annually with the present of many known Arab and Iraqi writers and critics.

Province of Babylon

Area

Babylon has the area of (5.258) km².

Population

The population of the Province is (1953184) person.

Main cities 

• Hashimiyah District
• Mahaweel District
• Hilla District
• Musaieb District

Main activities

• Industry
• Textile
• Cattle breading
• Grains
• Dates
• Tourism

Economy at a Glance

Agriculture is regarded as the main activity in the Province, 25% of the manpower is employed in agriculture. However, there is also an industrial activity as another field, among which is the State Company for Automobile Manufacturing at Alexandria which produces vehicle bodies and assembles automobiles, in addition to other number of operating companies such as the State Company for Mechanical Industries and Hilla textile factory, Al Forat State Co., Corn flour and dextrin plant, Al Sada Cement Plant and disposable syringes plant.

Infrastructures

The Province is situated directly southwards Baghdad; therefore it has many roads which link it to the capital and other areas in Iraq. There is a direct road which links the Province to the Province s of Karbala, Najaf, Diwaniyah, and Wasit. The (Basra –Baghdad ) highway road passes through the Province .

Education

The Province  has two Universities (Babylon University) and (Al-Khadraa University),  technical college and institute and  a number of private collages, more than 881, primary school; 46 kindergartens, more than 383 secondary school, 5 Teachers Qualifying Institutes and a number of vocational Institutes.

Health

Babylon Province has (19) hospital and (111) health center.

Tourism sites

Babylon historical site: This is situated 5 km to the north of the city of Hilla. It had been the most famous city in the ancient and modern worlds and the miracle of the ancient world, particularly after its widest expansion by the Babylonian famous King Nebuchadnezzar (605- 562 B. C.). It became famous to such a degree that it turned to be the title of Mesopotamia civilization as a whole, Babylonia was the name.  Its walls and Hanging Gardens were among the Seven World Wonders.

Burs:

Burs is situated almost 15 km southwards the city of Hilla. Its scaled tower is a high mark on the Hilla- Kifl road. Its present name (Burs) is derived from its Babylonian ancient name (Bursia), a Sumerian word which means “Sea sword” or “Sea horn” as it had been situated on a stream or a lake.

Keesh historical site:

This is situated 13 km away from the city of Hilla, 6 km eastwards of Babylonian historical site. Among its antiques is the ziggurat of “Aneer Kedirma”, the ziggurat dedicated for the temple of (Ayil Baba), the God of war.

Province of Holy Karbala

Location

Province of Karbala is situated on the right bank of River Euphrates, surrounded by important agricultural areas on three sides, particularly, the eastern side which occurs between the city and the River Euphrates. The city is 105 km to the western south of Baghdad, bordered from the north by the Province of Anbar; from the south by the Province of Najaf; from the east by the Province of Babylon; and from the west by the desert of Sham and the Saudi Arabia lands. The city occurs on the longitude 44° and the altitude 32°.

Area

The area of the Province of Karbala is 5.034 km².

Population

The population of the Province is (1151152) person

Main cities

• Karbala
• Ain Tamr
• Al- Husseiniyah
• Al-Hurr
• Hindiyah
• Akhaidhir
• Touaireej

Main activities

• Tourism
• Oil refine
• Dates
• Citrus
• Agriculture
• Canning factories

Infrastructures

There are two main roads pass through Karbala, the first starts from southern Baghdad, passes through Karbala, and continues to Najaf. The second starts from Babylon and goes westward to Karbala and continues through the south part of Anbar to the border outlet of ‘Ar’ar towards Saudi Arabia Kingdom, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Syria.

Education:

The Province has two Universities, Karbala University and Ahl al-Bait University, 532 primary school; 43 kindergartens, 233 secondary school, 5 Teachers’ Qualifying Institutes and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

The Province has (8) hospitals and (51) medical center .

Tourist sites

Karbala

Karbala is one of the ancient Iraqi cities. It enjoys a religious prestige due to shrine of Imam Hussein (Poh) and the shrine of his brother, Al- Abbas (Poh),. Among the most historical sites at the Province are the following:

Akhaidhir stronghold: This feature is one of the defensive archeological buildings. It is one of the characteristic Islamic military architecture regarding design and geometry, not only in Iraq, but also on the level of the Arab and Islamic World. The stronghold occurs on a desert way links Iraq to the external world.

Razaza Lake: This Lake is 18 km from Karbala, on the way leads to Akhaidhir. The Lake is 60 km in length 30 km in width. This wide beautiful lake is an important tourist site visited by people who are eager to practice various kinds of water sports and fishing.

Ain Tamr: The city of Ain Tamr “Shithatha” is situated to the western south of Kerbala, (67 km) from Karbala. It is a historical spot as it has ancient civilization ruins. Ain Tamr district is regarded the largest oasis in the western upland, It is famous for its palm tree forests and orchards. It is characterized for its landscapes, beautiful atmosphere during spring and autumn seasons. It is also famous for its mineral water which flow from more than fifty natural springs. A tourist complex composed of 20 tourist apartments, a hotel, and a restaurant, in addition to extended gardens was established in the area.

Province  of Holy Najaf

Location

Najaf is one of the Provinces which occurs in the middle of south Iraq, at the edge of the western upland, 161 km from Baghdad. The city is 70m above sea level. It is bordered from the north by the Province of Karbala, almost 80 km away.

Area

The area of the Province of Najaf  is (27. 845) km².

Population: The population of the Province is (1389549) person

Main cities:

• Najaf District
• Kufa District
• Manathirah District
• Abo – Sakheer District

Main activities

• Agriculture
• Cattle breading
• Commerce

Infrastructures

• There is a main road stretches from Baghdad southward to the Province of Babylon, and then to the province  of Najaf. Another road links province of Najaf to the Province of Karbala.
• The Province has the international airport of Imam Ali (Poh).

Education:

The Province of Najaf has only one University, University of Kufa and (616) primary school; 45 kindergartens (322) secondary school; (4) Teachers’ Qualifying institutes and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Najaf has 13 public hospitals and 76 medical center.

Tourist sites:

1. Tomb of Imam Ali (Poh):

It is one of the most important sites for religious tourism. Its attended by almost 40 million visitors a year.

1. Khan of Rahba:

It occurs on the old Hajj route within a low area, almost 30 km from the village of (Rahba). It was built from rocks and gypsum.

1. Palace of N’uman Bin Al-Munthir:

Palace of N’uman Bin Al-Munthir is one of the palaces which date back to the ancient kingdom of Heera and the state of Akhminians Manathirah which enjoyed a major role in the Arab pre-Islamic history. Its monuments remained to cope with the historical events, it often enriched poets’ imagination who chanted these monuments and ruins.

Province of Muthanna

Location

Muthanna province is located in the south part of Iraq, at the edges of the alluvial plain. The majority of its areas height varies between (70- 220m) above the sea level. The River Euphrates and its branches pass through it. It is the second water resource for agricultural crops irrigation. The Province  is 270 km from Baghdad to the south. It is the second biggest Province , after Anbar, regarding its area. It has a desert climate, and its center is Samawa District and the province  has  administrative  boundaries with Al-Najaf and Al-Diwaniyha from the North, Basra and Dhi Qar from the east, Saudi Arabia from the west and part from Basra and Kuwait country from the south.

Area

The area of the Province  of Muthanna is (51.740) km², 12% of the total area of Iraq. The desert occupies 47.000 km², which means 85% of the total area of the Province.

Population: The population of the Province  is (800000) person.

Main cities:

• Samawa District (Center)
• Rumaitha District
• Khidhir District
• Salman District
• Warka District

Sawah Lake
Main activities

• Agriculture
• Industry, especially cement, bricks, concrete structures
• extractive industries
• Oil products and refineries
• Cattle breading

Akad Historical City
Economy at a Glance

The Province is characterized by the availability of the natural and human resources for investment, especially in the industrial sector. Muthanna province is rich with raw materials of the low cost in extraction and production, such as, limestone which is used in cement industry, sedimentary compounds of Sodium and Chlorine as salty compounds used in salt production. The Province is also characterized by lots of date palm orchards and its distinctive tourist site being near the Lake of Sawa and some tourist facilities.

Infrastructures

• The Province has a vital location in the southern part of Iraq on the International road linking the province of Basra to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• (Baghdad- Basra) railway line, and the availability of a maintenance station for locomotives and train carriages.
• Oil refinery with 30.000 bpd capacity
• The strategic pipe line which transfers gas from the province of Basra to Baghdad passing through Muthanna Province.

Education:

The Province of Muthanna has only one University and (496) primary school; 21 kindergartens (154) secondary school; (2) institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and 1 vocational institute.

Health

The Province has (4) hospitals and (57) medical center.

Tourist sites

Lake of Sawa: a closed salty lake located at the Province of Muthanna, southern Iraq, and few kilometers from the city of Samawa. The Lake is surrounded by a natural limestone wall which quickly repairs itself if broken due to fast hardening character of the limestone material in the water.

Historical tourist city: the location of historical Warkaa

Province of Diwaniyah

Area

The area of the Province of Diwaniyah is (8.507) km².

Population: The population of the Province is (1220333) person.

Main cities:

• Diwaniyah District (Center)
• Shamiyah District
• Ifak District
• Hamza District
• Ghammas District

Main activities

• Agriculture (Prominently rice)
• Food stuff industries
• Textile industries
• Rubber industries (Tires)
• Cattle breading

Infrastructures

There is a main road starts from Baghdad to Diwaniyah and a multi- track highway passes through the Province. The main Iraqi railway passes through the Province as well.

Education:

The Province of Diwaniyah has only one University and (710) primary school; 41 kindergartens, (299) secondary school; (4) institutes for Teachers’ qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health:

Province of Diwaniyah has (9) hospitals and more than (71) medical center.

Province of Thi Qar

Area

The area of the Province of Thi Qar is (13,626) km².

Population: The population of the Province is (1,979,561) person.

Main cities:

• Nasiriyah District(Center)
• Rifa’i District
• Shatra District
• Suq Al-Shouyoukh District
• Al Jabaish District
• Al Garaf District

Main activities

• Agriculture
• (Engineering and textile) industries
• Oil and gas production
• Cattle breading
• Fishing

Infrastructures:
Thi Qar Province has an electric-thermal station that produces 600 MW , there is also Al Nasyriah Gas turbine station and an Oil Refinery with a refining capacity of 30,000 bpd, it  has a good net of roads and transportation linking it to the neighboring provinces as there are many land roads. These are:

• Baghdad- Basra free main way
• Nasiriyah- Kut way
• Imarah – Ri’fai- Diwaniyah way
• Nasiriyah- Diwaniyah way
• Nasiriyah- Samawa way
• Nasiriyah- Imarah way

The Province is also penetrated by the railway which links Basra to the capital, Baghdad.

Education:

The Province of Thi Qar has two state universities, Thi Qar University at the City center and Sumer University at Ri’fai district and there are almost (1273) primary school; 40 kindergartens, (555) secondary school; (7) institutes for Teachers’ qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health:

There are 11 hospitals and 138 public medical center in Thi Qar.

Province of Maysan

Area

The area of the Province of Maysan is (16.072) km²

Population: The population of the Province is (1,050,580) person.

Main cities:

• Imarah District(Center)
• Maymouna District
• Ali Al-Gharbi District
• Qal’at Salih District
• Kahla District
• Mijar District

Main activities

• Oil
• Agriculture
• Cattle breading
• Agricultural industries
• Sugar production
• Paper production

Education:

The Province of Maysan has only one university and (653) primary school; 31 kindergartens, (186) secondary school; (4) institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health:

In Maysan, there are 6 hospitals and 80 main medical center.

Province of Basra

Area

The area of the Province of Basra is (19.070) km².

Population: Approximately (2,744,758) person.

Main cities:

• Basra District(Center)
• Qurna District
• Zubair District
• Um Qasir District
• Abu Al-Khaseeb District
• Fao District
• AlImdainah District

Main activities

• Oil and gas
• Sea charging and Railway
• Agriculture
• Food industries
• Heavy industries, such as, iron and steel, fertilizers, and petrochemicals
• Fishing

Economy at a Glance

Basra is one of the important provinces in Iraq, as it is rich with oil fields such as Rumaila field, Shi’aiba field, western Qurna field, and Majnoun field. Due to its location in the plains of Al  Rafidain valley, it is considered as one of the best locations for planting rice, barley, wheat, and millet. It is also famous for cattle breading. The province occurs on varying terrain land includes plains, upland, and desert and is also considered as a tourists Province for having many religious shrines and historical sites.

Infrastructures

Province of Basra has all the six Iraqi ports, including the deep port. Thus it is the transportation cross point of the southern part of Iraq. There is also a highway linking the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan to Iraq which starts from the Jordanian borders and ends in Basra. The province is also linked to the State of Kuwait via Safwan border crossing point, a main commercial outlet. In addition to these, there is Basra International Airport too.

Education:

The Province of Basra has only one university, University of Basra and (1198) primary school; 88 kindergartens, (632) secondary school; (14) institute for Teachers’ Qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health

Province of Basra has 19 hospital and (121) medical center.

Tourist sites:

Sindibad Island

This island is a marvelous tourist site which is located at the middle of Shatt Al-Arab, opposite to Shatt Al-Arab Hotel in Maqal. It is linked to both river banks via Sindibad Bridge.

It has wonderful gardens decorated with beautiful fountains. There are facilities for visitor comfort, a tourist coffee shop, and tourist houses for residence, in addition to the floating hotel near the Island, and a vast coffee shop at the southern end of the Island.

Qurna City: It is 74 km northward of Basra; Qurna is the legendary place of Adam’s tree and paradise of Eden, where Tigris and Euphrates meet to form together Shatt Al-Arab, where we can see a lot of farms and orchards especially date palm orchards.

Abu Al-Khaseeb: This city is located on Shatt Al- Arab, 26 km to the south of Basra. It is the city of the late great poet Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab, it is also the center of date palm forests which are unique for their beautiful landscapes.

Investment Zones in Iraq

A- Refineries Projects:

No	Refinery Name	Refinery capacity	Project’s type	Project’s cost	Location
1	Kirkuk Refinery	150 thousand	New	4.347	Between Qutan Village and Qoshqaya
2	Al-Nasiriya Refinery	300 thousand	New	9.000	Near Houma Village

B- Pipes Projects:

No	Pipe’s Name	Pipe’s capacity	Project type	Project Estimated cost	Location
1	Pipe for exporting crude oil from Haditha to the Syrian port of Banyas, and Aqaba port in Jordan	1.5 million	New	5-7	Iraq – Syria
2	Pipeline for exporting crude under the Gulf waters till Al Fujairah in UAE	1 million	New	4-5	Iraq – Jordan

Source: Iraqi MoO according to letter no: 899 in Mar.26th, 2015

2- Electricity Sector

Electricity sector in Iraq presents a number of attractive investment opportunities to local and foreign investors. The government has ambitious plans aiming at raising the sector’s capacity through motivating investors in the fields of building, operating and supplying.

The Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has sought to activate the role of the private sector in several fields like finance, quick construction and the contribution in raising the additional generation capacity to cover the country’s need. The demand has grown furiously mainly by the essential consumer of electricity, families, in the recent years. Since the national power grid does not meet the local needs of the Iraqi families, they are forced to pay large amounts of money to be provided with electricity from the private sector.

MOE realizes that the current lack of electricity is the main obstacle for investments in all sectors since it is essential for the diversification of economy in the country, this sector has shared %2.7 of the overall local production in the constant prices for the year 2014.

It is planned for the power grid capacity to be (20,000) MW in 2015

Investment Opportunities Available in the Electricity Sector

N.	Project’s name	Capacity	Province
1	Al-Yusfiya steam Station Project	420 Mega Watt	Baghdad/ Al Yusfiya
2	Al-Yusfiya steam Station expansion Project	1400 Mega Watt	Baghdad/ Al Yusfiya
3	South Baghdad station replacement project	480 Mega Watt	Baghdad
4	Al Rasheed Gas Station expansion  Project	250 Mega Watt	Baghdad
5	Al-Khairat steam Station Project	1200 MW	Karbala
6	Turn  Al-Khairat Gas Station to a combined system	625 MW	Karbala
7	Turn  Al-Rumaila Gas Station to a combined system	730 MW	Basra
8	Turn  Shat Al Basra Gas Station to a combined system	625 MW	Basra
9	Al Simawa Combined Project	750 MW	Al Muthanna
10	Electricity station project to Cement factories complex  *	500 MW	Al Muthanna
11	Maysan Combined Project	750 MW	Maysan

3- Communication Sector

Government of Iraq contracted in 2006 with different companies from the private sector to provide the wired communication networks which provide the services of voice and data transmission. Communication and Media Commission also granted in the same year three national licenses and three regional ones for providing local wireless communication services, national licenses may last for 10 years that can be extended for 5 more years while regional licenses can last for only 8 years.The national development plan for the years 2010-2014 refers that there are more than 15 million mobile phone users in 2008 which indicates the acceptable costs that can be afforded by many Iraqi families, with the government planning for a %100 coverage in 2014. In addition to that, the market remained open to the foreign companies to increase the national competition and prices comparison, as there are more than 3 main operating companies in the mobile fields in the country.The communication sector is considered as one of the successful sectors in the period following the year 2003. With better security situation, better laws and fully free market, the climate will be more suitable to attract more local and foreign investments.

Investment opportunities in the communication sector

Mobile Phones: in addition to the three national mobile phone licenses, the Ministry of Communication intends issuing a fourth license to open the door for all specialized companies in mobile phone services.

Internet System: due to recent developments in the field of communication services, Iraq needs to improve its internet infrastructure. Therefore, investors have an opportunity to establish projects that provide internet services.

Stationary Line Phone and Fibers: the investment opportunities in this field cover fixing and expanding the existing network, and supplying and establishing new phone stations, as well as large improvements in fiber optic net.

Local Wireless Stationary Ring: Investment in this field offers big advantages in Iraq through WLL which provides the ability to supply wireless services without the need to build a large network.

4-Health Sector

 

During the 1970s and 80s of the last decade, the Republic of Iraq was considered as one of the leading nations in healthcare in the Middle East and North Africa. Sanctions imposed on Iraq in the 1990s led to deterioration in the healthcare system.

Today the Iraqi government works on changing the healthcare system to make a better one through investment in teaching, training and infrastructure. The government is committed to return the healthcare system to a better quality than before by increasing the health care budget, which indicates a fundamental change in the government priorities in this vital sector.  There are 360 hospital and 1609 healthcare clinic located in the provinces and tens of thousands private medical clinics.

Health indicators are of great importance to growth, standard of living and human capacity building. It is well known that the health status of the people in any country is considered as a main factor in the economical growth of the country. In Iraq, the Ministry of Health is in charge of determining the health level within a large system of hospitals and different medical clinics in addition to the private health sector represented by private hospitals and private medical clinics.

Health Indicators reflecting the sector’s status and development:

• Number of hospitals in Iraq (public and private) till 2013 is 360 hospital and 1609 healthcare center (except KRG).
• Number of doctors in hospitals and medical centers (in private and public sectors) in 2011 is (20480) doctor of both genders while it was (19738) doctor in 2010 (except KRG).

Investment Opportunities in Health Sector

1.	General hospital, capacity: (400) beds-15 buildings (12 main healthcare centers / (1) typical healthcare center, specialized dental center). 1 sector building	New construction	Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa/ Bismayah New City
2.	Specialized cancer treatment center	New construction	Baghdad,  Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
3.	Arabic Child Hospital in Al-Karkh (50 beds)	New construction	Baghdad/ Al-Karkh
4.	3-4 Drugs and medical appliances factory.	New construction	Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
5.	1 Sterility and fertility hospital, Capacity: (50 beds)	New construction	Baghdad  in Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
6.	1 Specialized ophthalmology  hospital Capacity : ( 50 beds )	New construction	Baghdad , Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
7.	1 Specialized cardiac surgery hospital capacity : (100 beds)	New construction	Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
8.	Specialized Plastic surgery hospital (50 beds)	New construction	Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
9.	2-3  hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant	New Construction	Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
10.	Complete medical city	New construction	Baghdad , Al Karkh and Al-Rusafa
11.	4 General hospitals , capacity: 100 bed each	New construction	Baghdad, Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa
12.	4 Specialized medical centers, capacity : (50 bed)	New construction	Baghdad , Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa
13.	Twinning with international companies to run hospitals and other medical fields	Contracting with specialized companies to open new hospitals in Iraq	Baghdad , Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa
14.	1 General Hospital Capacity : (+100 bed)	New construction	Babylon
15.	1 Specialized Heart and blood vessels surgery	New construction	Babylon
16.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Babylon
17.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVF (tube baby) center	New construction	Babylon
18.	1 Specialized ophthalmology  center	New construction	Babylon
19.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment (oncology)	New construction	Babylon
20.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Babylon
21.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Babylon
22.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Babylon
23.	1 hydrogen peroxide ( pure O2)Plant	New construction	Babylon
24.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Diyala
25.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Diyala
26.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Diyala
27.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Diyala
28.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Diyala
29.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Diyala
30.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Diyala
31.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Diyala
32.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Diyala
33.	1 hydrogen peroxide ( pure O2)Plant	New construction	Diyala
34.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Saladin
35.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Saladin
36.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Saladin
37.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Saladin
38.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Saladin
39.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Saladin
40.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Saladin
41.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Saladin
42.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Saladin
43.	1 hydrogen peroxide ( Pure O2)Plant	New construction	Saladin
44.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Wasit
45.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Wasit
46.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Wasit
47.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Wasit
48.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Wasit
49.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Wasit
50.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Wasit
51.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Wasit
52.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Wasit
53.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant	New construction	Wasit
54.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Kirkuk
55.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Kirkuk
56.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Kirkuk
57.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Kirkuk
58.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Kirkuk
59.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Kirkuk
60.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Kirkuk
61.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Kirkuk
62.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Kirkuk
63.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2) Plant	New construction	Kirkuk
64.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Nineveh
65.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Nineveh
66.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Nineveh
67.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Nineveh
68.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Nineveh
69.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Nineveh
70.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Nineveh
71.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Nineveh
72.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Nineveh
73.	2-3 hydrogen peroxide  pureO2) Plant	New construction	Nineveh
74.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Al-Anbar
75.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Al-Anbar
76.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Al-Anbar
77.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVF (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Al-Anbar
78.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Al-Anbar
79.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Al-Anbar
80.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Al-Anbar
81.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Al-Anbar
82.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant	New construction	Al-Anbar
83.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Holy Karbala
84.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Holy Karbala
85.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Holy Karbala
86.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Holy Karbala
87.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Holy Karbala
88.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Holy Karbala
89.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Holy Karbala
90.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Holy Karbala
91.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Holy Karbala
92.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pureO2) Plant	New construction	Holy Karbala
93.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Holy Najaf
94.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Holy Najaf
95.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Holy Najaf
96.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Holy Najaf
97.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Holy Najaf
98.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Holy Najaf
99.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Holy Najaf
100.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Holy Najaf
101.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Holy Najaf
102.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pureO2)Plant	New construction	Holy Najaf
103.	2General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Basra
104.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Basra
105.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Basra
106.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Basra
107.	1 Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Basra
108.	2 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Basra
109.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Basra
110.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Basra
111.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Basra
112.	2 hydrogen peroxide(pure O2) Plant	New construction	Basra
113.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Maysan
114.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Maysan
115.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Maysan
116.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Maysan
117.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Maysan
118.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Maysan
119.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Maysan
120.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Maysan
121.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Maysan
122.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant	New construction	Maysan
123.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
124.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
125.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
126.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
127.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
128.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
129.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
130.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
131.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
132.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant	New construction	Al-Diwaniyah
133.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Thi Qar
134.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Thi Qar
135.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Thi Qar
136.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Thi Qar
137.	4Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Thi Qar
138.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Thi Qar
139.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Thi Qar
140.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Thi Qar
141.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Thi Qar
142.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2) Plant	New construction	Thi Qar
143.	1 General hospital capacity : (+ 100 beds)	New construction	Al Muthanna
144.	1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels Surgery	New construction	Al Muthanna
145.	1 Specialized gynecology  Center	New construction	Al Muthanna
146.	1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube Baby)  Center	New construction	Al Muthanna
147.	1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery hospital	New construction	Al Muthanna
148.	1 Specialized Cancer Treatment Center	New construction	Al Muthanna
149.	1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery and laser center	New construction	Al Muthanna
150.	1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center	New construction	Al Muthanna
151.	1 Complete Medical City	New construction	Al Muthanna
152.	1 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2) Plant	New construction	Al Muthanna

 

5- Housing and Infrastructure sector:

Economically speaking, housing is a very vital sector for the important roles it plays in the formation of the fixed capital, generating incomes and creating job opportunities and through the connection with other  activities. Many countries which enjoy financial surpluses go to maximizing the role of this sector, in other words considering it as a producing sector.
The Government of Iraq granted the private sector and the foreign investor the enabled role that may achieve touchable results in the housing production field by providing the lands suitable for housing purposes

which will contribute to treating the problem of the residential slums and expanding in manufacturing the construction materials, taking into consideration the average growth of the Iraqi population and the fact of the need of 2 million housing units by 2015.The contribution of this sector to the GDP in the fixed prices was approximately 85% for the year 2015, while contribution of this sector to the GDP in the fixed prices the years 2014 was 5.7%.
This sector greatly contributes to the increasing demand on the materials used in production in addition to addressing unemployment in Iraq. The National Investment Commission announced the national housing project to build 1 million housing units in all provinces of Iraq and have already started the implementation of the first stage of this huge project through constructing 100 thousand units in Baghdad (Bismaiya New Housing City Project) implemented by Hanawah South Korean Company for Engineering & Construction, to build. These 100 thousand units is part of Baghdad’s total housing quota of 224 thousand units.

The following table shows the housing units needed by each province according to the database available at the Ministry of Planning:

Number of Housing Units that are to be implemented in each Province

Number of units	Province/ Region
45 thousand units	Anbar
54 thousand units	Babylon
224 thousand units	Baghdad
80 thousand units	Basra
35 thousand units	Diwaniyah
43 thousand units	Diyala
31 thousand units	Holy Karbala
40 thousand units	Kirkuk
140 thousand units	KRG
31 thousand units	Maysan
22 thousand units	Muthanna
37 thousand units	Holy Najaf
101 thousand units	Nineveh
39 thousand units	Saladin
58 thousand units	Thi Qar
36 thousand units	Wasit

NIC is supervising the implementation of the project in all Iraqi provinces through facilitating the process of allocating lands for investors, while a group of Iraqi banks (Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, and TBI) are regulating the financial processes regarding this project.

The National Investment Commission has announced many housing projects as investment opportunities, among which are the following:

• Al-Rasheed Housing City Project (Al-Rasheed Military Camp formerly) at the Province of Baghdad: this project includes the construction of a modern city of approximately seventy thousand housing unit with integrated services, the project’s infrastructure shall include sport, medical, commercial, and entertainment centers. (the project is not assigned yet to any company)
• Dhifaf Karbala Housing City Project at the Province of Holy Karbala: This project includes the construction of a modern city of approximately forty thousand housing unit with integrated services, the project’s infrastructure shall include sport, medical, commercial, and entertainment centers. The project was assigned to Bloom Emirate Real Estate Company and Al-Handhal International Group.
• Al-Mustaqbal Housing City Project at the Province of Baghdad:

This project includes the construction of a modern city of an approximately thirty thousand housing unit, the city shall be supplied with the necessary services facilities. The project was assigned to Bloom Emirate Real Estate Company and Al-Handhal International Group).

• Janatt Baghdad Housing City Project (Al-Dabbash Area formerly) at the Province of Baghdad: This project includes the establishment of a vertical housing complex of twenty housing unit, the project’s infrastructure shall include commercial, and entertainment centers. The project was assigned to Al-Hurra International Company.

Available Investment Opportunities at Housing Sector

No.	Project name	Location	allocated area	Province
1.	Establishment of Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility).	Al-Tarimiyah District/Abo-Serioel Quarter.	5609 Dunam and 13 Ulks.	Baghdad
2.	Establishment of Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al-Taji District/Sabie Al-Bour Quarter	47 Dunam and 21 Ulks.	Baghdad
3.	Establishment of Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al-Mahmoudiyah District/Abo-Shamiea Quarter.	102 Dunam	Baghdad
4.	Establishment of Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al-Nahrawan District/Al-Wihda Quarter.	47 Dunam	Baghdad
5.	Establishment of a Vertical Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	86/189Al Qasim District.	41 Dunam	Babylon
6.	Establishment of a Vertical Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	11/ 14/ 38 meem/ Fayadhiyah, Qasim District	22 Dunam	Babylon
7.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	5/1/1460 Hashmiya	55 Dunam	Babylon
8.	Establishment of a housing complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al-Jazzera Qaurter.5818/1	55 Dunam	Babylon
9.	Establishment of a housing complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Macrory / Hilla 3/68978	46 Dunam	Babylon
10.	Establishment of a housing complex (According to investor’s economic visibility),	1/2129 Hor Al Khan / Eskandaria	30 Dunam	Babylon
11.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	5427.6 meem 8 Khanaqeen Disrtict/ Hajj Qara Quarter.	62 Dunam	Diyala
12.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Mandili 2/ 50 meem 17 Imam Abdul-Rahman Quarter.	147 Dunam	Diyala
13.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	1/1/5 Eastern Part of Ba’aqoba Town.	Various Areas	Diyala
14.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al-Khalis District 1/ 5661 meem 47 Jidaydat Al-Aghawat Qaurter.	145 Dunam	Diyala
15.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Tikrit Town/ southern part of the city	60 Dunam	Saladin
16.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Peigi Distritct/ Al-Mahatta Quarter	35 Dunam	Saladin
17.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Samara’ City/ City center	70 Dunam	Saladin
18.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Toz City/ City center	90 Dunam	Saladin
19.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Balad City/ City center	40 Dunam	Saladin
20.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al Hay 4652/1/11 Jamela	200 Dunam	Wasit
21.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al Sewaira/ 10720/3/2 Husainiya	214 Dunam	Wasit
22.	Establishment of a Housing horizontal Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Numaniya – 9409/6/18 Baghela	72 Dunam	Wasit
23.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Qahtaniya 1348/1  m 16	-1100 dunam	Nineveh
24.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Al Baaj 1/386 Q 51 Sinjar Island		Nineveh
25.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	part of plot 1/28/57 Qahtaniya	484 Dunam	Nineveh
26.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the plot 375/ 1/ meem 51 Mahalabiyah District	135 Dunam	Nineveh
27.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility	Rabiaa 5/2093/66 Sida	6 Dunam	Nineveh
28.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	727/ 4 meem 65 Tal ‘Afar Town/Northern area	132 Donam	Nineveh
29.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	19/ 1 meem 4 ‘Athba District	130 Dunam	Nineveh
30.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot 362/5-Section 65/ Tal ‘Afar Town/Northern area/Al-Tal Quarter	12 Dunam	Nineveh
31.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (consists of 10,500 Housing units).	Tal’Afar Town	13 Dunam	Nineveh
32.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plots no. :- 2/66-2/67-2/68-2/69-2/70-2/71-2/72-2/73-2/74-2/75-2/76-2/77-2/78-2/79-2/80-2/81-2/41-2/43-2/45-2/47-2/48-51 section 46/Jaziratt Tal’Afar	42 Dunam	Nineveh
33.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plots No.:- 4/847-4/848-4/845-Section 3/Eastern Part of Sinjar Quarter and the plot no.427/275-Section 4/Nasiriyiah Quarter	18 Dunam	Nineveh
34.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (right of disposal /Housing Cooperative Association of Businessmen)	Plot 37/section 45/Kopakliyah	62 Dunam and 22 Ulks and 75 m²	Nineveh
35.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.2/20-Section 37-Kirkuk Municipality	749 Dunam	Kirkuk
36.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.13/3-Section.9-outside the basic design of the province	60 Dunam	Kirkuk
37.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.97-section.53- Kirkuk Municipality	223 Dunam	Kirkuk
38.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no. 255-Section.24- outside the basic design of the province	500 Dunam	Kirkuk
39.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot 356 /39 outside the basic design of the province	5 Dunam	Kirkuk
40.	Establishment of a Housing Units at Al-Amriyah of Falujah According to investor’s economic visibility	Faluja City – Amriyah Town– within the municipality boarders of Amriyah Town	387 Dunam	Anbar
41.	Establishment of a Housing Complex  at Rawah According to investor’s economic visibility	Anbar- Rawah town- within the borders of the municipality in the new extension of the town	108 Dunam	Anbar
42.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Anbar- Haditha Town- Dam of Haditha Town	102 Dunam	Anbar
43.	New Habbaniyah City (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Anbar- Habbaniyah OWN- on Habbaniyah lake beach	16.000 Dunam	Anbar
44.	Establishment of Saladin Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Saladin area/ Dawajin Quarter	336 Dunam	Anbar
45.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Faluja (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Faluja town/ plot 2/ 5353	62 Dunam	Anbar
46.	Establishment of a Housing Complex for officials (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Haswa Town/ Shamiyah District 83/ 28706/ meem 47	80 Dunam	Anbar
47.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	4/11 meem 32 Hartha District- behind Basrah- Baghdad Railway and behind Khamsa Meel area	13 Dunam	Basra
48.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the plot 1/ 55 Northern Safwan District/ Zubair Town – Safwan District	81 Dunam	Basra
49.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.17/2530-Section 7-Um-Qasir	37  Dunam and 2000 M2	Basra
50.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.17/622/7-Um Qasir	61 Dunam and 1250 M2	Basra
51.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the Plot no.10-Section.28-Baiban District	239 Dunam	Basra
52.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Shatt- Al- Arab Town (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the Plot no.1/10-Section.28-Baiban District	275 Dunam	Basra
53.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Shatt Al-Arab Town (According to investor’s economic visibility)	The plot 1/ 6142 meem/ 61/ Abu- Al- Khseeb Town	50 Dunam	Basra
54.	Establishment of a Housing Complex for South Refineries Company  (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Zubair Town/ Section 52/ Shua’ibah District	2303 Dunam	Basra
55.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Safwan (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Zubair Town/ Southern Mouailhat District	2943 Dunam	Basra
56.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Plot no.1873/1849-Kut City-Zubair Town	50 Dunam and 1500 M2	Basra
57.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Safwan municipality (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the plot no.420/ Northern Safwan District	119 Dunam	Basra
58.	Establishment of a Housing Complex at Safwan municipality (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Part of the plot no.420/ Northern Safwan District	15 Dunam	Basra
59.	Establishment of a Housing Complex for South Refineries Company  (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Tannouma District	-according to project need	Basra
60.	Establishment of a Housing Complex for South Refineries Company  (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Fao Town	–according to project need	Basra
61.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility) announced by the State Company for Food Stuff Trading.	9/11-Section 17- tharwiyah District/Al-Zubair Town	21 Dunam	Basra
62.	Al-Qiblah Housing Complex	Plot no.1/794/Al-Qiblah District	2 Dunam	Basra
63.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Sabakh 1	100 duman	Basra
64.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Sabakh 2	101 duman	Basra
65.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Center of Majar Al- Kabeer Town	79 Dunam	Maysan
66.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Maymouna Town	79 Dunam	Maysan
67.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex for officials (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Maymouna Town/ Adil District	32 Dunam	Maysan
68.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Qal’at Salih Town	52 Dunam	Maysan
69.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Maymouna constituency/ Salam District	38 Dunam	Maysan
70.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Uzair District	16 Dunam	Maysan
71.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Ali Al- Sharqi Town	38 Dunam	Maysan
72.	Establishment of a Horizontal Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Kahla Town	45 Dunam	Maysan
73.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (announced by Ministry of Construction and Housing)  According to investor’s economic visibility	Center of Emara City	-40 dunam	Maysan
74.	Establishment of a Housing Complex for Officials announced by the Ministry of Trade.	Al-Ufiyah District-10/1368/Meem.5	9 Dunam	Maysan
75.	Establishment of  Housing Complexes According to investor’s economic visibility	22/ 11373/22/11374/22/11373/22/ 11370/18/ Sadr Al-Yousifiyah District	25 Dunam	Diwaniyah
76.	Establishment of  Housing Complexes According to investor’s economic visibility	25/3337/5 um al abbasiyat	20 Dunam	Diwaniyah
77.	Establishment of Housing Complexes According to investor’s economic visibility	Al-Rifa’aiee Town	150Dunam	Thi Qar
78.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	City center/ Commission of Thi Qar Oil Fields	112 Dunam	Thi Qar
79.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Nasiriyah City	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
80.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (assigned by Ministry of Housing and Constructions) According to investor’s economic visibility	Nasiriyah City	According to city need	Thi Qar
81.	Establishment of Housing Complexes According to investor’s economic visibility	Nasiriyah City/Al-Baladiya	68 Dunam	Thi Qar
82.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Al-Jibaiesh Town (outside the Municipality’s Borders)	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
83.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Al-Battha’a  Town (outside the Municipality’s Borders)	60 Dunam	Thi Qar
84.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Al-Manar Town	61 Dunam	Thi Qar
85.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility (new Nasiriyah City)	Nasiriyah	580 dunam	Thi Qar
86.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Nasiriyah	93 dunam	Thi Qar
87.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , Vertical for Ur company	Nasiriyah	2 dunam	Thi Qar
88.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal for investment employees	Nasiriyah	20 dunam	Thi Qar
89.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , vertical for integration employees	Nasiriyah	3 dunam	Thi Qar
90.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal for electricity employees	Nasiriyah	119 dunam	Thi Qar
91.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal for inspection employees	Nasriya	4 dunam	Thi Qar
92.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Rifaee	150 dunam	Thi Qar
93.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , vertical	Rifaee	234 dunam	Thi Qar
94.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Al Gharaf	160 dunam	Thi Qar
95.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Suq Al Shiukh	225 dunam	Thi Qar
96.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Al Tar	100 dunam	Thi Qar
97.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Al Fajir	88 dunam	Thi Qar
98.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Al Fouhod	75 dunam	Thi Qar
99.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Qalaat Sukar	100 dunam	Thi Qar
100.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility , horizontal	Al Nasir	136 dunam	Thi Qar
101.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility announced by the Ministry of Trade	Abu Mahar Samawa/ 23/ 128/ meem 6	98 Dunam	Muthanna
102.	Establishment of a Housing Complex (consists of 800 Housing Units)	Al-Jazirah Town	39 Dunam	Holly Karbala
103.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility announced by the State Company for Food Stuff Trading.	3/8510/Section.61/ Al-Jazirah Town	4 Dunam	Holly Karbala
104.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility announced by the State Company for Food Stuff Trading.	3/5751-Section.61- Al-Jazirah Town	2 Dunam	Holly Karbala
105.	Establishment of a Multi-Storey Housing Complex (According to investor’s economic visibility)	Southern part of Holly Karbala Province between the new Cemetery and the green belt.	194 Dunam/170 Dunam	Holly Karbala
106.	Establishment of a Housing Complex According to investor’s economic visibility	Al Kufa/ Abo Madhi	38 dunam	Holly Najaf

7. Transportation Sector

It is one of the important economic sectors for its direct impact on the daily life of people and its tangled connection with the other economic sectors which can’t be improved and developed without good infrastructure and efficient services of the transport system and all types of land usage requires a road net that meets its needs.

This sector is characterized by a big contribution of the local and foreign private sector and investments in implementing and operating lots of its projects.

The contribution of this sector to the GDP in the fixed prices was approximately 2.7 % for the year 2014,

Iraq has planned to exploit its special geographic location in developing the transport sector in all its branches (land, maritime and air), the matter that will help in achieving the economic growth and creating lots of job opportunities in the international commercial businesses especially when developing the sector’s infrastructure which will result in diversifying revenues and providing better services to people and all users.

Available Investment Opportunities in Transportation

N.	Company Name	Project Name	Province	Estimated Cost (billion dollar bw)	Execution Period	Suggestions
1	State Company for Private Transport	Al- Khilany Garage	Baghdad	60	24 months	Establishment of an international transportation station upon modern architectural specifications as per prepared designs
		Abo-Ghraib Garage	Baghdad	18	24 months	–          Utilization of front side elevations to establish offices and commercial /services shops.-          Shops to be linked to a two- storey mall on the right side within allocated land
		Second New-Baghdad Garage		25	28 months	Utilization of the added space (market) to establish a modern market at floor no. 1, while floor no. 2 and floor no.3 shall be established a s a Mall that consists of commercial and services offices.
		Al-Umah Garage	Baghdad	5	12 months	Utilization of Garage’s front side to establish a two-storey building that includes offices and services shops.
		Al-Umh Garage	Babylon	15	18 months	Establishment of three-storey Mall that includes commercial offices and car park.
		Al- Soub alsagheer Garage	Babylon	15	18 months	Utilization of the yard opposite to the Garage’s front side to establish a two-storey shopping building that includes offices and medical clinics.
		Al- Haritha Garage	Basra	10	18 months	Utilization of the Garage’s front side to establish a two-storey building that includes offices depending on the available space of the Garage.
		Al-Moufakhya Garage	Basra	10	18 months	Utilization of the Garage’s front side to establish a two-storey building that includes offices depending on the available space of the Garage.
		International Transportation Garage	Wasit	40	24 months	Establishment of an international transportation based on developed specifications, the station is to include offices, waiting halls and car park.
		Al- Mutanabi Station for Transportation	Wasit	40	24 months	Establishment of a developed transportation station that includes all required services
		(Ihiaa Mokhaiam) Transportation Station	Karbala	21	18 months	Establishment of a developed transportation station that includes all required services
2	State Company for Travelers and delegates transportation	Establishment of a Tourist Hotel	Baghdad	——	——-	A feasibility study was previously prepared to establish a tourist Hotel on the piece of land corresponding to Buratha Mosque which is located at Al-Etifiyah District, since Al-etifiyah District is considered as a religious tourists District.
3	State Company for Iraqi Airways	5-star Hotel	Baghdad	90 Billion  Dinar	3 years	Establishment of 5-star Hotel at the areas surrounding the Airport.
		Hotel 3-star Hotel	Karbala	16 billion dinar	18 months	Establishment of 3-star Hotel for Aircraft Crew.
4	State Company for Implementation of Transport Project	Establishment of  Asphalt  Plant	Al-Yousifya	10 billion dinar	2 years	Production of Asphalt to be provided to MoT projects and  other ministries in Baghdad Province and its surrounding areas.In addition to the above mentioned, Asphalt production shall be provided to roads development projects in Baghdad with the current existing plants in order to participate in Iraq’s rebuilding campaign
		Establishment of concrete  plant	Abu – Ghraib	9 billion dinar	2 years

Strategic Projects Opportunities for the Ministry of Transportation

First:   State Company For Iraqi Railways

Project Name : The Circular line (Around the city of Baghdad)
Details : The detailed designs were prepared by the Italian consultancy firm (Sotakni) in 1982, the length of the doubled circular path is (112) K.m, and the total length of the main path and its branch lines is (284) K.m.designs are currently conducted by the Czech Consultancy Firms (AKB), (CZ) and (Power Office).
Length (k.m) : 284
Type of line : mix
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25 Tons
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 200
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 23
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 46
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 430
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2430
Execution Period 5 years

 

 

Project Name : Basra – Fao
Details : The detailed designs were newly prepared by the German consultancy Firm (Dorsch Group).
Length (k.m) : 100
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 1
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 100
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 1
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 70
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 300
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 1410
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 1710
Execution Period 3 years

 

 

Project Name : Basrah –Shalamjah-Iran
Details : A primary study wasprepared by the staff ofthe State Company ofIraqi Railways. A newdetailed designs are required to be prepared.
Length (k.m) : 35
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 1
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 120
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 80
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 2
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 10
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 135
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 500
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 635
Execution Period 3 years

 

 

Project Name : Musaiab –Karbala –Najaf-Samawa
Details : The detailed designs were prepared by the Italian consultancy firm (Sotakni) in 1982. The designs were updated lately by the Italian Consultancy Firm (Etal Fair).
Length (k.m) : 228
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 6
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 2
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 750
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2400
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 3150
Execution Period 3 years

 

 

Project Name : Mosul-Duhok –Zakoh- Turkey
Details : The detailed designs were prepared by the British Consultancy Firm (Hinderson Huges) in 1982. The updated detailed designs are currently conducted by the Czech Consultancy Firms (AKB), (CZ) and (Power Office).
Length (k.m) : 160
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 200
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 1
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 55
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 450
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2157
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2607
Execution Period 3 years

 

 

Project Name : Baghdad-Kut-Imarah-Basra)
The branch line (Kut-Nasriyah-Shua’aibah-Um Qasr)
Details : the detailed designs are old and missing, it was prepared by the British Consultancy Firm (Hinderson Huges) in 1982. The main line (Baghdad-Kut- Imarah-Basra) of (504) K.m length (double line), and the branch line (Kut-Nasriyah-Shua’aibah-Um Qasr)
of (406) K.m length (double track).
Length (k.m) : 910
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 14
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 35
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 2730
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 11000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 13730
Execution Period 7 years

 

 

Project Name : (Baghdad-Baqubah-Kirkuk-Erbil-Mosul), and its branch line (Baqubah-Khanqeen-Al Munthriyah-Iran)
Details : the detailed designs were prepared by the French Consultancy Firm (Souvrel) in 1982. The updated detailed designs are currently being conducted by the Czech Consultancy Firm (CZ Group).
The length of the double line is (455) K.m and the length of the single lines (which can be doubled), is (200) K.m.
The length of the main lines and branches lines, ranges between (700 to 750) K.m.
Length (k.m) : 700
Type of line : mix
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 6
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 20
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 1650
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 7000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 8650
Execution Period 7 years

 

Project Name : Kirkuk -Sulimanya
Details : The detailed designs were newly prepared by the Consultancy Firm (Mosure Automatica).
Length (k.m) : 120
Type of line :
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 200
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 2
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 6
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 350
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 3000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 3350
Execution Period 5 years &half

Project Name : Ramadi-Karbala
Details : The detailed designs were prepared by the Italian consultancy firm (Sotakni) in 1982. The detailed designs were newly prepared by the German consultancy Firm (Dorsch Group).
Length (k.m) : 133
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 3
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 36
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 400
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 1500
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 1900
Execution Period 3 years

 

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Details :
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Type of line :
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity :
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PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) :
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Project Name : Railway line connecting Iraq and Jordan (through Rutba-Tribil Cross Point).
Details : The detailed designs were newly prepared by the German consultancy Firm (Dorsch Group).
Length (k.m) : 400
Type of line : Single (can be double)
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 3
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 12
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 50
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 4000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 4050
Execution Period 5 years

 

Project Name : Shuaiba- Zubair-Al Muraid- — Safwan-Kuwait
Details : The detailed designs were newly prepared by the Italian Consultancy Firm (Etal Fair). The length of this project depends on the execution of other projects that will be established in the future, the estimated length of the said project may reach (14) K.m from (Mareed Station to Safwan)
Length (k.m) : 52
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 2
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 20
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 150
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 500
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 650
Execution Period 3 years
Project Name : Kut – Baquba
Details : New detailed designs are required to be prepared for this project since there are no detailed designs or any documents existed for this project.
Length (k.m) : 250
Type of line : double
Signs& Communications : ERTMS /LEVEL 2
Axial load capacity : 25
Passengers Speed (k.m /Hours) : 250
PRODUCTES Goods Speed (k.m /Hours) : 140
Passengers Transportation Capacity (million) : 6
PRODUCTES Goods Transportation Capacity (million) : 20
Land purchases Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 750
Implementation Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 3000
Total Estimated Cost for project Establishment (million dollar) : 3750
Execution Period 4 years

Second:

State Company for Ports of Iraq:

N.	Updated  Investment Opportunities	Estimated Cost
1	Establishment of Al- Faw Grand Port	$ 6 b
2	Establishment of (13) multi – purpose jetty at Um Qasr	$ 500 m
3	Establishment of (13) multi – purpose jetty at Khur Al-Zubair port	$ 500 m

 
 Third:
General Company for Civil Aviation :

N.	Updated  Investment Opportunities	Estimated Cost
1	Middle Euphrates International Airport Project (MEIA)	$ 1,9 b

 

7- Industry and Minerals sector

The Industrial sector is seen as one of the most prominent component of the non- oil economy, and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) is considered as the main pillar for the industrial policy in Iraq which encourages investment according to investment law for the year 2006 as amended and it runs the state owned enterprises (SOEs) and seeks to develop these SOEs in cooperation with other sides willing to invest to raise efficiency of performance. MIM also specified a number of projects through which it aims at attracting foreign investments especially that this Ministry already has a number of investment bases and regulations.

Law No.22 for the year 1997 (regarding state owned companies) focuses on rehabilitating the operating plants

which employ capitals and special expertise and it allows the SOEs to conclude agreements with foreign investors who will also be covered by the incentives and privileges provided by the investment law No. 13 for the year 2006 that encourages investment and it also provide protection to foreign investments in this sector among other economic sectors. The contribution of this sector to GDP in fixed price has reached (3.1%) for the year 2014.
MIM launched an ambitious program in 2005 for granting licenses to establish joint ventures and production sharing agreements for the purpose of promoting investment in this sector where investor should undertake all the rehabilitation processes, management and operating the plant at his own within the framework of the investment concept announced by the Ministry against a share of the production within a pre specified duration of 15-20 years, and the investor is free to suggest rehabilitation through rehabilitating the available machines and equipments or substitute all by new machinery, in all cases, the Ministry will be an active partner and shall be ready to provide the investor with all available database in addition to helping in issuing the entry visas for the technical teams to the plant sites.

The developments in this sector included evaluating the suggestions to reduce the imports volumes to reinforce domestic products and ensure a package of comprehensive reforms which guarantee protection of investors’ benefits and help to maintain a framework for the sustainable investment in SOEs, it is expected that the reforms package wall not only lead to rehabilitate this sector but will result in producing new proactive energies and enforcing the available laws.

Iraq currently has diversified light and heavy industries like carpets, automobile assembling, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, fertilizers and other more industries. It is hoped that SOEs can play an important role in supplying both the state and private industries with the required products and services in light of applying a series of technical and management reforms and the investment directions to improve the quality of performance and production.

MIM has more than 72 SOEs that deal with various sectors which can be shown in the table below:

 

No. of companies	Sector
28	Engineering sector
18	Food & Chemical Industries
6	Construction
7	Textile
4	Services Sector
9	Others
72	Total

 

*according to Ministry of Industry & Mineral’s letter/Investment Department, numbered 4571 on 21/2/2015

Most of SOEs works in low capacities for the following reasons:

1- Old machinery, equipments and production lines as most of them were provided during the seventies and eighties of the last century.

2- Old technology that does not match the international progress in the industrial sector

3- The unreliable national power grid that can’t meet the electrical needs of industrial plants.

4- Domestic market opening up to imported products, the matter that impacted the competitiveness of the national products.

Consequently, MIM has adopted a plan to rehabilitate and develop most of SOEs through partnering with Arab and foreign private sector.

The Role of Government in the Industrial Sector

MIM is aiming at rehabilitating its companies or turning them into state or private joint stock companies and has announced a number of investment profiles for several companies, some of which have already been won by investors in order to be rehabilitated and operated, while issuance of investment law No. 13 for the year 2006 as amended has contributed much to reinforcing this trend.

Legal frameworks that govern the process of rehabilitating SOEs in addition to investment law can be shown below:

State companies’ law No. 22 for the year 1997as amended:

This law regulates the work of the state owned companies, the provision (15/3) of the same law allows the state company to conclude partnership with foreign company to implement a business that lays within the state company activities in Iraq depending on the legal basis for the partnership contracts included in the state companies law which gave the right to these companies to partner with Arab and foreign companies and enterprises to implement works relevant to the state companies objectives inside Iraq.

Public sector projects that are to be rehabilitated or operated with private and mixed sector, are covered with all privileges and guarantees prescribed in the investment law no.13 of2006 (the first amendment of investment law no.13 of 2006 (Article 6/B), that was added to the text of (Article 32).The law applies to the projects agreed on and contracted before the enforcement of this law.

Companies law No. 21 for the year 1997 as amended:

Provision No. (8) of this law allows limited companies to form projects where the state contributes less than 25% of the capital shares.

 

Available Investment Opportunities at Ministry of Industry and Minerals announced as Investment Opportunities which includes (New Projects and Rehabilitation Projects)

Below, you can find the table of Available Investment Opportunities at Ministry of Industry and Minerals that are distributed in terms of the type of the project and form of investment and according to the Province the project is located in bases on management and production partnership.

For rehabilitation projects, the goal is to increase the production capacity and as for the new project, the goal is to attract direct investments.

 

Table of available investment opportunities at the Ministry distributed on two types, new projects and rehabilitation projects in each Province.

 

No	Project	State Company	Project type	Estimated cost	Capacity	Location(Province)
1.	Medical Bandage Factory	State Company for Cotton Manufacturing	Rehabilitation and Development	$4 m.	412 Ton/ year	Baghdad/ Kadhimiyah
2.	Al-Ameen Factory	State Company for Vegetable Oils	Rehabilitation and Development	$11 m.	16200 Ton/ year	Baghdad
3.	Al-Ma’moon Factory	State Company for Vegetable Oils	Rehabilitation and Development	$21 m.	38950 Ton/ year	Baghdad
4.	Al-Rasheed Factory	State Company for Vegetable Oils	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 16 m.	34.700 Ton/ year	Baghdad
5.	Production of Electric Industries and Cooling Systems	State Company for Electric Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 50 m.	–	Baghdad
6.	specialized equipment and Surveillance Camera factory	Fidaa State Company	Rehabilitation and Development	$8 m.	–	Baghdad
7.	Battery Production Factory	State Company for Battery Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$13 m.	500 thousand citric battery	Baghdad
8.	Factory of Tahadi Company (Mechanic and Station installation)	Tahadi State Company	Rehabilitation and Development	$18 m.	–	Baghdad
9.	Plastic factory	State Co. for Construction industries	Rehabilitation and Development	$12 m	16 thousand ton	Baghdad
10.	Metal rolling factory	Al Smood State Co.	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 10 m	50 thousand ton	Baghdad
11.	Al Mansoor factory	Vegetable oils co.	Rehabilitation and Development	$12 m	300 thousand ton	Baghdad
12.	Medical gases factory	State Co. for drugs manufacturing	Rehabilitation and Development	$10 m	200 L/H	Baghdad
13.	Cable Factory	Ur State Company	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 30 m.	52346 Ton/ year	Thi Qar
14.	Aluminum Portion Factory	Ur State Company	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 25 m.	51100 Ton/ year	Thi Qar
15.	Petrochemical Production Factory	State Company for Petrochemical Productions	New Establishment	$ 2 b.30 %state funding %70 private sector	460 thousand ton/ year	Thi Qar or Basra
16.	Abu Al-Khaseeb Fertilizer Factory	Sothern State Company for Fertilizer Manufacture	New Establishment	$ 500 m.	500 thousand Ton/ Day	Basra
17.	Factories of State Company for Petrochemical Manufacturing	State Company for Petrochemical Industries	New Establishment	$ 2 b.	1 million Ton/ year	Basra
18.	Longitudinal  Pipe Factory	State Company for Iron and Steel	New Establishment	$ 300 m.%30 state funding %70 private sector	350.000 Ton/ year	Basra
19.	Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory	Sothern State Company for Fertilizer Manufacturing	New Establishment	$ 920 m.$276 m funded by the Gov. (%30)	1 Million Ton/ year	Basra
20.	Basra Paper factory	State Co. for paper manufacturing	Rehabilitation and Development	$45 m	60.000 Ton/year	Basra
21.	Oil canning project	Vegetable Oils	New Establishment	%100 Foreign Investment	250.000 ton	Basra
22.	Kaolin Alum Factory	State Company for Mishraq Sulfur	New Establishment	$ 25 m.	50.000 Ton/ year	Nineveh
23.	Sulfuric Acid Factory	State Company for Al Mishraq Sulfur	New Establishment	$ 10 m.	20.000 Ton/ year	Nineveh
24.	Alumina Sulfide  Factory	Mishraq Sulfur	New Establishment	$25 m.	500.000 Ton	Nineveh
25.	Maysan Plastic Factory	-State Co. for construction manufacturing	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 22 m.	16.000 Ton/ year	Maysan
26.	Mu’tasim Factory (Ali-Al-Hadi)	State Company for Vegetable Oils	Rehabilitation and Development	$24 m.	16.900 Ton	Maysan
27.	Maysan Paper Factory	State Company for Paper Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$50 m.	57.000 Ton/ year	Maysan
28.	Glass boards Factory	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$5 m.	300.000 Ton/ year	Anbar
29.	Glass bottles factory	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$21m	32.000 ton/year	Anbar
30.	Cement Production Factory	State Company for Cement Manufacture	New Establishment	$ 25 m.	300.000 Ton/ year	Anbar
31.	Plates factory	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$22m	22.000 ton/year	Anbar
32.	Walls Ceramic factory	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$5m	500.000 m²/year	Anbar
33.	Toilet, Shower Ceramic Factory	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$6m	5.000 ton/year	Anbar
34.	Flat Glass project	State Company for Glass and Ceramic Manufacture	New Establishment	$180 m%30 state funding %70 private sector	120.000 ton	Anbar
35.	Samawa Cement Factories (2)	Sothern State Company for Cement Manufacture	New Establishment	$ 350 m.	2 million Ton/ year	Muthanna
36.	Factory of State Company for Tire Production	State Company for Tire Manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 50 m.	576.000 tire and 2 m pipe/ Year	Holy Najaf
37.	Ductile Pipe Factory	–	New Establishment	$ 260 m.%24 state funding	55.000 Ton/ year	Babylon
38.	Disposable syringes  Factory	State Company for Drug Production	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 1 m.	80 Million syringe	Babylon
39.	Tractors and Agricultural Production Factory	State Company for Mechanic Industries	Modernization and Development	$ 30 m.	–	Babylon
40.	Tires Factory	State Co. for Rubber manufacture	Rehabilitation and Development	$35 m	306.000 tire and 1.1 m pipe	Dewaniya
41.	Transformers, Optic Cable, and Electric Gage Provision Factory	Diyala State Company for Electric Industries	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 12 m.	–	Diyala
42.	Rubber Production Factory	State company for rubber Industries	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 35 m.	–	Diyala
43.	Iron factory	Diyala State Co.	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 2m	180.000 iron	Diyala
44.	Fans Factory	Diyala State Co.	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 3m	500.000 fan	Diyala
45.	Sparking plug  Factory	Diyala State Co.	Rehabilitation and Development	$ 8 m	15 fan	Diyala

 

Investment Opportunities Announced by the Provinces in the Industrial Sector

 

No	Project	Location	Project Assigned Plot	Province
1.	Phosphoric H3PO4 and Sulfuric H2SO4 Acids Production Factory	Qaim Town, Westward of Anbar Province, near Ukashat mine, near Ruttba Town	To be determined  according to the project need, the location at al-khamat (Al-Manajam) or in industrial cities	Anbar
2.	Portland Cement Production Factory	Ruttba Town, Westward of Anbar Province, near raw material site	To be determined according to the project need and the raw material location (mines) or at the industrial cities.	Anbar
3.	Salt Resistant Cement Production Factory	Ruttba Town, Westward of Anbar Province, near raw material site	To be determined according to the project need and the raw material location (mines) or at the industrial cities.	Anbar
4.	Magnesia MGO, Magnetite MGCO4 and Magnesium Sulfate   Production Project	Ruttba, or any other site agreed on by the investor.	To be determined according to the project need and the raw material location (mines) or at the industrial cities.	Anbar
5.	Ferro-Silicon Factory	At the industrial city.	10 Dunam	Anbar
6.	Garbage Recirculation Factory	Ramadi Town, province 36/ Jabal, Plot 1/ 5111	25 Dunam	Anbar
7.	Iron Scrap Gather and melt Project	Near the industrial area at 35th Km.	25 Dunam	Anbar
8.	Industrial City at Ramadi	Near 35th Km, along the highway/ part of 83/ 33596 jeem 47, Shamiya Haswa	3.000 Dunam	Anbar
9.	Industrial City at Ana Town	Ana town	3.600 Dunam	Anbar
10.	Industrial City at Heet	Heet Town- Plot no 390/ 460, province 6, Haswat Al-Shamiyah, on the left side of Heet- Kubaisah road. 2km away from the road.	600 Dunam	Anbar
11.	Industrial Complex alkaline and chlorine production	Al-Simawha Salty land	50 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
12.	Iodized Salt Factory	Al-Simawha Salty land	20 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
13.	Sodium Carbonate Factory	Al-Badiyah	25 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
14.	Cement Production Factory	Al-Salman	400 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
15.	Cement Production Factory	Basiyah	400 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
16.	Paper Bags for Packaging Cement	Al-Badiyah	25 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
17.	Household detergents  Factory	Al-Warkaa	25 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
18.	Water and soft drinks Packaging Factory	Al-Warkaa	20 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
19.	Industrial Service City	Al-Badiyah	50 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
20.	Logistic Service City	Al-Warkaa	50 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
21.	Dairy Products Factory	Al-Rumaitha	15 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
22.	Garbage Recycling Factory	Al-Samawah	20 Dunam	Al-Muthanna
23.	Industrial City/ Construction Industries	Plot 14/3/ meem 29/ Abu Agarib	320 Dunam	Babylon
24.	Industrial City	Plot 2/17, 1/17 Abu Smaich Al Kifl town	3.5 Dunam	Babylon
25.	Industrial City in Nile	Plot 1/1/m/24 eastern stream	400 dunums	Babylon
26.	Industrial City/Food Stuff	Plot 1/1/meem 5/Al-Shattiyah	14 Dunam	Babylon
27.	Dates Factory in Midhatiys	Plot 24/1/m9 Al Awadil	4 dunam	Babylon
28.	Hitteen Company Site	Investment zone for heavy and medium industries. A special system is being done by the NIC with cooperation with OECD.	6.000 Dunam	Babylon
29.	Industrial City	Ba’quba, down town	500 Dunam	Diyala
30.	Manufacturing and assembling of water purification systems	Ba’quba, Industrial City.	10 Dunam	Diyala
31.	Food Industry Complex	Industrial City	200 Dunam	Diyala
32.	Petrochemical Industry Complex	Industrial City	Dunam 100	Diyala
33.	Mechanical Industry Complex	Industrial City	25 Dunam	Diyala
34.	Furniture Industry Complex	Industrial City	20 Dunam	Diyala
35.	Garments Industry Complex	Industrial City	15 Dunam	Diyala
36.	Sport Devices and Equipment Industry Complex	Industrial City	25 Dunam	Diyala
37.	Modern  Industrial City	Plot 1/9/meem 24/Tal Abo Rassin/Ba’quba-Kina’an	350 Dunam	Diyala
38.	7 Garbage Recirculation Factories at the Province Center and its Districts.	Tikrit and its Districts	Various areas	Saladin
39.	Grinding Mill	Plot 162/1220/meem 32/Tal Al-Banat	2 Dunam	Saladin
40.	Cement factory	Badrah Town	100 Dunam	Wasit
41.	Brick factory	Badrah Town	50 Dunam	Wasit
42.	Vegetable Oils Factory	3/9. 3/15, 3/18, 3/12, and 3/11 meem34 Algawiyah, Kut	200 Dunam	Wasit
43.	Garbage Recirculation Factory	Province center, Towns and Districts	Various areas	Wasit
44.	Diary Factory	Province center, Towns and Districts	Various areas	Wasit
45.	Industrial City	Jasan town	1600 duman	Wasit
46.	Establishing an Integrated Industrial City	Laylan District	1.000 Dunam	Kirkuk
47.	Establishing Modern and developed Yellow Corn Factory	Hawijah Constituency	10 Dunam	Kirkuk
48.	Establishing Modern Integrated Brick factory according to International standards	Center of Kirkuk	25 Dunam	Kirkuk
49.	Industrial City	Penja Ali District	514 Dunam	Kirkuk
50.	Industrial City	Taza District	169 Dunam	Kirkuk
51.	Construction Projects	Karbala- Construction Industries area- Ayn Al-Tamr Road, Near Thermo-stone Factory	442 Dunam	Holy Karbala
52.	Thermo-stone factory with not less than 1.000 cubic meter/ Day	Karbala- Ayn Al-Tamr Road, Near Thermo-stone Factory	6 Dunam	Holy Karbala
53.	Colored Glass Production Project.	Southern part of Karbala- Najaf High-land	Vast areas are available	Holy Karbala
54.	Industrial Zone for Light Industries	Northwest of Al-Hurr Town	722 Dunam	Holy Karbala
55.	Industrial City	Zubair Town/ Part of the plot 32 meem 43 Northern Arkli	880 Dunam	Basra
56.	Industrial City	Zubair Town/ 7/ 1 meem 56, Southern Arkli	600 out of 2.000 Dunam	Basra
57.	Establishment of Tomato paste Factory	Safwan/ Part of the plot 10/4 meem 6 Southern Mouaylihat	12 Dunam	Basra
58.	Dates production	Plot 218/32/meem 7/Nahar Khoz	1,170 m²	Basra
59.	Industrial Zone	Plot 91/meem 17/Hadamah	3,500 Dunam	Basra
60.	Industrial Zone	2/1/meem 62/Al-Sabakh Lands	–	Basra
61.	Food, Light Complementary industries, and Construction Factories	8 km away from Province Center	125 Hectometer	Maysan
62.	Laboratories for Oil Industries	Province Center	20,000 Dunam	Maysan
63.	Garbage Recirculation Factories	Province Center and the Districts	6000 Dunam	Maysan
64.	Industrial Area	Province Center	4.000 Dunam	Maysan
65.	Industrial Area	Nasiriya	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
66.	Pre cast factory	Nasiriya	3 duman	Thi Qar
67.	Partition boards	Nasiriya	20 duman	Thi Qar
68.	Garbage Recirculation Factory	Al Rifaee	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
69.	Garbage Recirculation Factories	Shatra	5 Dunam	Thi Qar
70.	Electric Devices Manufacture Factory	Out of Municipality Boarders	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
71.	Iron and Steel Factory	Out of Municipality Boarders	5 Dunam	Thi Qar
72.	Food Manufacture Factory	Out of Municipality Boarders	3 Dunam	Thi Qar
73.	Woolen Woven Factory	Out of Municipality Boarders	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
74.	Paper Garbage Recirculation Factory	Chibaysh	25  Dunam	Thi Qar
75.	Dairy Production Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
76.	Grinder and Mill	Al-Shattrah Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
77.	Animal feed Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
78.	Plastic Pipes Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
79.	Vinegar and Molasses Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
80.	Chemical Materials Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
81.	Electrical Equipment and devices Fac83.tory	Al-Shattrah Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
82.	Tomato Paste Production Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	3 Dunam	Thi Qar
83.	Industrial Factory	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
84.	Chemical Industries Factory	Al-Rifa’aiee District	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
85.	Garbage Recycling Factory	Al-Rifa’aiee District	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
86.	Grinder and Mill for Grains	Al-Rifa’aiee District	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
87.	Gas Factory	Al-Jibaiesh District	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
88.	Mineral Water Factory	Al-Jibaiesh District	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
89.	Food Production Factory	Qal’att Sukkar	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
90.	Ice Production Factory	Al-Isla’ah District	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
91.	Bitmoss Fertilizers Factory	Al-Isla’ah District	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
92.	Dairy Factory	Al-Isla’ah District	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
93.	Paper and Wood Panels Factory	Al-Isla’ah District	50 Dunam	Thi Qar
94.	Animal Feed Factory	Al-Isla’ah District	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
95.	Animal Feed Factory	Sayed Dakhell District	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
96.	Mineral Water Factory	Al-Batha’a District	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
97.	Mineral Water Factory	Al-Tarr Distrcit	3 Dunam	Thi Qar
98.	Dairy and Mineral Water Factory	Al-Tarr Distrcit	20 Dunam	Thi Qar
99.	Industrial Project	Al-Tarr Distrcit	8 Dunam	Thi Qar
100.	Industrial Project	Al-Tarr Distrcit	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
101.	Animal Feed Factory	Al-Tarr Distrcit	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
102.	Mineral Water Factory	Al-Dawiyah District	1,200 sq.m	Thi Qar
103.	Animal Feed Factory	Al-Dawiyah District	50 Dunam	Thi Qar
104.	Establishing an Industrial area	Out of Province Center	300 Dunam	Diwaniyah

Table of the Investment Opportunities in the Industrial Sector Available at Ministry of Trade

No	Project	Company	Project Type	Allocated Land	Location
1	Food Stuff Packaging Factory	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	20 Dunam	Baghdad/ Taji
2	An Integrated Store	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	6 Dunam	Baghdad/ Jamila
3	Stores and marketing complex with its facilities	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	10 Dunam	Holy Karbala/Al-Jazirah District
4	Rehabilitation of cooled stores	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	50 Dunam	Diwaniyah Shaf’iia
5	Rehabilitation of cooled Stores	State Company of Food Staff Trade	Rehabilitation	200 Dunam	Basra/ Hartha
6	Rehabilitation of Freeze Store	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	22 Dunam	Basra/ Khor Al-Zubair
7	Rehabilitation of cooled Store	State Company of Food Staff Trade	Rehabilitation	21 Dunam	Basra/ Khor Al-Zubair
8	Food Factory and Marketing Center	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	20 Dunam	Wassit/Al Kut
9	Food Factory and Marketing Center	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	40 Dunam	Al Anbar/Al -Ramadi
10	Food Factory and Marketing Center	State Company of Food Staff Trade	New Establishment	65 Dunam	Babylon/Al-Aliyaa

 8- Tourism Sector:

Iraq’s cultural, religious and natural environment is regarded as an attracting factor for investors and visitors since it is a country of ancient civilization, international archeological sites and sacred religious sites in addition to the outstanding natural sites in the northern parts of Iraq.

There is a plan prepared by the government to develop and expand transport infrastructure to serve the largest number of tourists.

Tourism is regarded as an important factor of the economic and social development factors in the various countries and it represents a main resource

of the national income resources which provide job opportunities through its different projects and activities, accordingly; the government has been serious to lay down plans to invest the country’s cultural and tourism components. The big changes that Iraq witnessed in all its economic and social sides have motivated the state to adopt active policies and programs to draw the development advancement features, the diversification and social mergers basement with putting investment plans for the coming years aiming at laying the foundations for an investment environment to improve the economic and cultural status supporting the Iraqi economic pillars and reinforcing the social security.

Ministry of Tourism and Archeology is considered as the Iraqi governmental side responsible for developing and sustaining the tourists sites in Iraq through developing required infrastructure and maintaining its genuineness and impact whereas this includes rehabilitating, maintaining and reviving specified sites, contracting with archeological establishments and holding official teaching and training programs.

There are lots of opportunities to invest and rehabilitate tourists’ sites all over the country.

Available Investment Opportunities in Tourism Sector

N.	Project	Location	Allocated  Land	Province
1.	Entertainment City	Al-Husainiyah District20m/6/29847 Al Rasheed	16 Dunam and 64 m2	Baghdad
2.	Entertainment City	Al-Zuhoor District-Plot no.29851/meem	50 Dunam	Baghdad
3.	Floating Rest	Karkh/ Sinak Br.	150 m	Baghdad
4.	Floating Rest	Resafa/ Abo Nowas.	150 m	Baghdad
5.	Entertainment City	Al-Husainiyah District10m/6/30037 Al Rasheed	5 Dunam	Baghdad
6.	Babylon Tourist Hotel	Province Centre	According to project need	Babylon
7.	Mahanawiya Tourist Island	Northern Part of Babylon Province-Plot no.4/44/	850 Dunam	Babylon
8.	Tourist Complex	Al-Udhaim Dam	According to project need	Diyala
9.	Tourist Hotel and Entertainment Area	Khanaqeen/ 6/ 5418/ 8/ Hajj Qara District	10 Dunam	Diyala
10.	Entertainment City	Baladrose 1/303	According to project need	Diyala
11.	Entertainment City and Coffee Shop	Jalawlaa Town 111/15/meem 34/Koshk District	10 dunam-	Diyala
12.	Entertainment City	Jalawlaa 1334 Al-Ouruba	– According to project need	Diyala
13.	Entertainment City	Khanaqeen/plot no.19/3/section.3/Al-Hamidiyah District	2,5 Dunam	Diyala
14.	Tourist Project	Tikrit City	3 Dunam	Saladin
15.	Tourist Project	Tikrit City	6 Dunam	Saladin
16.	Entertainment City	Beji District	5 Dunam	Saladin
17.	Entertainment City	Balad District	2.5 Dunam	Saladin
18.	Entertainment City	Al-Sharkatt District	35 Dunam	Saladin
19.	Olympic Swimming Pool	Al-Door District	3 Dunam	Saladin
20.	Hotel, Restaurant and Coffee Shop	1/ 648 meem 22 zouiyat Al-Zar’a/ Aziziyah District 3.6 Donam	3.6 Dunam	Wasit
21.	Tourist Complex	Plot no.1/30/section.111/Babnet/nearby Mosul Dam/Talkeef District	10 Dunam	Nineveh
22.	Tourist Complex	Plot no.1/29/section.111/Babnet/nearby Mosul Dam/Talkeef District	10 Dunam	Nineveh
23.	Tourist Complex	Plot no.104/section.16/Qara Tiba District/Mosul Road/ Ba’shiqa/Al-Hamdaniyah District	7,7 Dunam	Nineveh
24.	Tourist Complex at the Dam of Mousil	30 km Northern Mosul	88 Dunam	Nineveh
25.	Rehabilitation of the waterfalls tourist complex	6 km northern Mosul	250 Dunam	Nineveh
26.	Tourist complex	Ba’shiqa mountain/ two neighboring plots 1- governmental, plot no. 110 province 4/	2.000 Dunam	Nineveh
27.	Health tourist resort at Hammam Al-‘Aleel	Hammam Al-‘Aleel, near Sabit hill on Tigris river	4 Dunam	Nineveh
28.	Rehabilitation of Ashour hotel	Mosul- Cornish overlooks Tigris river	1 Dunam	Nineveh
29.	Forest and tourist city	17/ 432 meem 37 Buaiza Hai Al- Arabi	60 Dunam	Nineveh
30.	Amusement Park	Centre of Al-Hamdaniyah Town	12 Dunam	Nineveh
31.	Amusement Park and Children Playgrounds	Part of Plot 5312/21/section.38/ Northern Yarmajah/Sumer Quarter	7 Dunam	Nineveh
32.	Amusement Park and Children Playgrounds	Plot.2071/58/section.31/Qazza Fakhrah District/Al-Hussain Qaurter/Al-Jalili District/Mosul Town	42 Dunam	Nineveh
33.	Tourist City	Part of plot 665/10/section.31/Qazza Fakhrah District/Ashur Quarter	3 Dunam	Nineveh
34.	Entertainment City	Part 47/212/section.32/Al-Shourah District/Ashur Quarter	1,6 Dunam	Nineveh
35.	Entertainment City	Plots 201-200-199/section.163/Northern Al-Kosh/Talkeef District	4 Dunam	Nineveh
36.	Entertainment City, Gardens, Parks and Coffee Shop	Part of plot no.1529/1/section.51/Al-Muhalabiyah District	20 Dunam	Nineveh
37.	Entertainment City	Plot 5/2093/section.66/Al-Sa’adah District/Rabia’aa	9 Dunam	Nineveh
38.	Entertainment City	Part of plot.1868/10/section/31/Qazza Fakhrah District/Al-Gazali Quarter	6 Dunam	Nineveh
39.	Swimming Pool and Coffee shop	Plot 484/8/section Talsaquf District/Talkeef Town	1,4 Dunam	Nineveh
40.	Amusement Park	Plot 2/787/section.13/Talmous District/Zumar Quarter	12 Dunam	Nineveh
41.	Amusement Park	Plots: 47/116-499/41-212/47/section 32/Al-Shourah District	6 Dunam	Nineveh
42.	Amusement Park	Plot 6/433/section Qabbak Wafukni/Al-Aiyadhiyah District/Tal’afar Town	4 Dunam	Nineveh
43.	Amusement Park	Plot 2212/1/Section. Southern Hawiee Al-Kaneesah 29/Mosul Town	4 Dunam	Nineveh
44.	Al-Sha’ab Tourist Park	Outside the basic design/Kirkuk Municipality	169 Dunam	Kirkuk
45.	Al-Ihtifalat Square Park	Plot 296/6/section 39/ Kirkuk Municipality	15 Dunam	Kirkuk
46.	5 Stars Hotel	Faluja/ the Highway, near Faluja University	10 Dunam	Al-Anbar
47.	“First of May” tourist Hotel	Haditha Town	6 Dunam	Al-Anbar
48.	Qa’aim Entertainment City	Qaim Town	11 Dunam	Al-Anbar
49.	Hotel and Shopping Mall	Karbala- Abbasiyah- Hamza Al-Zighair street plot 80/ 66 and meem 80/ 64 meem 24	2 Dunam	Holy Karbala
50.	Hotel apartments overlooking Euphrates River	Karbala- Hindiyah Town	8 Dunam	Holy Karbala
51.	Tourist Hotel	Plot 3/575/section.61/Al-Jazeerah	26 Dunam	Holy Karbala
52.	Al-Salam Hotel	Centre of Province	According to project need	Holy Najaf
53.	Entertainment Park	Part of plot 116/8771	24 Dunam	Holy Najaf
54.	Amusement Park	Part of plot 65/meem 6/Al-Haidariyah District	10 Dunam	Holy Najaf
55.	Tourist Complex	Part of plot 65/meem 6/Al-Haidariyah District	30 Dunam	Holy Najaf
56.	Entertainment Park within Housing Quarter	Part of plot 29/Al-Hurriah District	According to project need	Holy Najaf
57.	Cornish overlooking Al-Bazil River	At the District entrance from Al-Abbassiyah Side	According to project need	Holy Najaf
58.	Amusement Park	Haswatt Al-Khournaq Quarter/meem 3/Al-Manathirah District	5 Dunam	Holy Najaf
59.	Amusement Park	Al-Khournaq Quarter 1/2942/ Al-Manathirah District	1612  m²	Holy Najaf
60.	Amusement Park	Plot 30/358/Rukniyah/Al-Mishkhab District	1419  m²	Holy Najaf
61.	Amusement Park	Plot 30/99/ Crossing of three commercial roads/Al-Mishkhab District	6  Dunam	Holy Najaf
62.	Al-Manathirah Park	Plot 5/249/meem 2/Al-Haswah Town/ Al-Manathirah District	7,7 Dunam	Holy Najaf
63.	Tourist Restaurant	Plot 274/Ta’a/Al-Mishkhab District	1,5 Dunam	Holy Najaf
64.	Marbid Novotel Hotel	10/95 / Mannawi Pasha	7 Dunam	Basra
65.	Entertainment City	76/40 Centre of Province	4 Dunam	Basra
66.	Entertainment land and water city	Plot 849 Qiblah/Centre of Province	10 Dunam	Basra
67.	Hotel and Entertainment City	Plot 3/828/Al-Qiblah District/ Centre of Province	7 Dunam	Basra
68.	Zoo	Plot 2087/298/Jimhouriah District/Zubair Town	3 Dunam	Basra
69.	Entertainment City	Plot 2087/219/Jimhouriah District/Zubair Town	2 Dunam	Basra
70.	An Integrated Sport City	Plot 1815/532/Zubair Town	4 Dunam	Basra
71.	Entertainment City	Plot 56/Safwan Quarter/Zubair Town	10 Dunam	Basra
72.	Entertainment City	Plot 2/3368/Fao Town	35 Dunam	Basra
73.	Tourists City	Plot 2/3953/6/Fao Town	17 Dunam	Basra
74.	Tourists City	Plot 53/2/Seebah District/Fao Town	4 Dunam	Basra
75.	Tourists City	Plot 3958/2/meem 6/ Fao Town	17 Dunam	Basra
76.	Tourists City	Plot 5235/231/Al-Pasha River/Qurna Town	900 Dunam	Basra
77.	Entertainment City	Plot 231/2105/Al-Pasha River/Faw Town	41 Dunam	Basra
78.	Amusement Park and Entertainment City	Centre of Province	30 Dunam	Maysan
79.	Entertainment City	Plot 45/46/Al-Mawqiee   Quarter	55 Dunam	Maysan
80.	Amusement Park and Entertainment City	Centre of Province	55 Dunam	Maysan
81.	Amusement Park and Entertainment City	27/4180 the great Majar	6 Dunam	Maysan
82.	Amusement Park and Entertainment City	14/1600 the Abo Rumana	7 Dunam	Maysan
83.	Zoo and Entertainment	park47/13 city center	6 Dunam	Maysan
84.	Amusement Park and Entertainment City	Centre of Emara	6 Dunam	Maysan
85.	Resort in Hwaiza Marshes	Hwaiza Marshes	63 dunam	Maysan
86.	First class hotel	Kut	According to project need	Wasit
87.	Entertainment Center	Kut	According to project need	Wasit
88.	Park and water city	Kut	According to project need	Wasit
89.	Hotel and rest	648/1/22 Azizya	3 Duman	Wasit
90.	Tourist City	6/1/38 Kut Khajiya	15 Dunam	Wasit
91.	Tourist Hotel	Down town- on Euphrates banks	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
92.	Tourist City	Down town- Siphon- Thi Qar	30 Dunam	Thi Qar
93.	Al-Nasiriyah Amusement Park	Al-Nasiriyah Town (within the Municipality Borders)	38 Dunam	Thi Qar
94.	Entertainment City	Al-Nasiriyah Town	289 Dunam	Thi Qar
95.	Floating Restaurant	Al-Nasiriyah Town	500 m²	Thi Qar
96.	Floating hotel	Al-Nasiriyah Town	1125 m²	Thi Qar
97.	Tourist Hotel	Al-Shattrah Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
98.	Tourist Complex in Al-Bada’aa	Al-Shattrah Town	18 Dunam	Thi Qar
99.	Youkha Tourist Complex	Al-Shattrah Town	2000 m²	Thi Qar
100.	Al-zuhoor Amusement Park and Marina	Al-Shattrah Town	9 Dunam	Thi Qar
101.	Entertainment City	Souq Al-Shiyoukh District	26 Dunam	Thi Qar
102.	Tourist Hotel	Al-Rifa’aei Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
103.	Entertainment City	Al-Rifa’aei Town	18 Dunam	Thi Qar
104.	Entertainment City	Al-Garraf Town	18 Dunam	Thi Qar
105.	Tourist Complex	Al-Islah Town	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
106.	Cornish and Boats Marina	Al-Battha’a Town	6 Dunam	Thi Qar
107.	Entertainment City	Al-Dawiyah Town	7,5 Dunam	Thi Qar
108.	Entertainment City	Al-Fuhood Town	40 Dunam	Thi Qar
109.	Entertainment City	Al-Jibaiesh Town	30 Dunam	Thi Qar
110.	Entertainment City	Al-Jibaiesh Town (outside   the Municipality Borders)	20 Dunam	Thi Qar
111.	Cornishe Development Project	Al-Nasr Town (within  the Municipality Borders)	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
112.	Tourist Complex and Entertainment City	Al-Nasr Town (within  the Municipality Borders)	96 Dunam	Thi Qar
113.	Entertainment City	Sukkar Castle	8 Dunam	Thi Qar
114.	Tourist Complex	Sawah Lake	-According to project need-	Al-Muthanna
115.	Tourist Hotel	ASMAWHA Town-Euphrates Shore	According to project need —	Al-Muthanna
116.	Entertainment City	Samawah /Al-Warka’a/Al-Rumaitha Triangle	According to project need —	Al-Muthanna
117.	Entertainment City	Plot 457/Al-Salahiyah Town	1 Dunam	Diwaniyah
118.	Entertainment City	Plot 2.609/meem 43/Al-Mahanawaiyah Town	21 Dunam	Diwaniyah
119.	Entertainment City	Plot 13/meem 8/Aziz Allah Town	38 Dunam	Diwaniyah
120.	Entertainment City	Plot 34/416/meem 15/Al-Masafutt and Al-Haseen District	6 Dunam	Diwaniyah
121.	Hotel	Krud Al Jumjuma 35/m/15	74 Dunam	Babylon
122.	Rest & Coffee Shop	Tajeya 1/12444/17m	1962m²	Babylon
123.	Resort	Northern Jumjuma 190/1/m/15	9 Dunam	Babylon
124.	Entertainment City	Al Midhatiya 1/2539 Al Alak	23 Duman	Babylon
125.	Hotel and Mall	2/3 m / Abi Gharaq	15 Dunam	Babylon
126.	First class hotel	Hilla center 19580/24	9 Dunam	Babylon
127.	Al-Mahanawaiyah tourist Island	Al-Mahanawaiyah/ Sada/ 4/44	6 Dunam	Babylon

 Education Sector

Sustainable development concept is always at the forefront of the international community interests, and since people has always occupied the first priority among the sustainable development factors, international world gave more importance to paying strong attention to develop the mental abilities and learning opportunities for human beings making education a human right for each individual in the society guaranteed by all international laws. The education standards in any country are seen as a measure for its advancement and development. In Iraq; laws guarantee the opportunity of obtaining good education for all Iraqis.

Education is still one of the greatest concerns of countries and despite the big progress in the primary education and the increase in the numbers of pupils joining schools and anti- illiteracy movements, big efforts are still being made increasingly to improve education quality by the government and it is still a big challenge for the developing countries including Iraq to keep pace with the intellectual advancement and skill development starting from kindergartens to high school levels.

Iraq is one of the most important countries that gave special attention to education system since the mid twentieth century, as it owns many reliable universities which are listed among the best ones in the Arab region. Iraqi universities were established in the beginning of the second half of the twentieth century starting with Baghdad University in 1957, Mustansyriah University 1963, whereas other universities were established after 1980 like University of Technology, Basra University, Mosul University, Sulaimanyah University in addition to a number of technical institutes. Iraq is in need for many educational institutions to meet the increasing demand as a result of population growth, the reality that provides investors with great opportunities to invest in this sector.

Education Indicators

• Kindergartens

There are (1041) kindergartens in Iraq for the school year 2013-2014 while they were (967) in 2012-2013. Number of children attending the mentioned kindergartens is (202525) for the year 2013-2014 against (125391) for the year 2009-2010. Number of kindergartens teachers has reached (7971) in  2013-2014. The following table shows indicators

A table shows the development in kindergartens during

2009-2014

No. of Teachers	No. of Children	No. of Kindergartens	School year
5353	125391	631	2009- 2010
5475	141158	648	2010- 2011
7559	193358	967	2012-2013
7971	202525	1041	2013-2014

1-Primary Education
Through analyzing the most recent data for the year 2013-2014announced by the central organization for statistics and information technology regarding the educational surveys we can find the following:

• Number of (morning and evening) primary schools in Iraq is (15807) for the school year 2013-2014, (26.4%) are for boys and (22.4%) for girls while (51.2%) are mixed schools.
• Number of the available pupils in (morning and evening) primary schools is (5558674) for the school year 2013-2014where the girls’ rate is (46%) and boys is (54%). Number of male and female teachers is about 287502.

3-Secondary Education

Number of (morning and evening) secondary schools in Iraq is (7083) for the school year 2013-2014,

Number of students of the secondary education schools are estimated by (2528133) for the school year 2013-2014.number of teachers is about 160323.

4-Vocational Education

Despite the significance of this educational branch, feeble attention has been forwarded to it comparing with other countries. The vocational schools in Iraq are divided into 4 sections, agricultural, industrial, commercial and fine arts and the number of these schools in Iraq is (597) for the school year 2012-2013, (67%) of which are industrial, (29%) commercial, (2%) agricultural and (2%) are for fine arts.

5-University Education (governmental, private and technical)

Surveys results have shown that the number of students admitted to Iraqi universities, private colleges and technical educational institutions reached (554,587) students for the year 2012-2013 while their number for the year  2010-2011 was (476,377) students

Investment Opportunities Available at Education Sector

No	Project	Location	Allocated Land	Province
1	Establishment of visitors and delegation facility	Al Nahrain University	–	Baghdad
2	Establishment of a University Hospital, 200 bed capacity	Kufa University	23 Dunam	Holy Najaf
3	Establishment of an agricultural project for cattle and sheep breading and Agricultural and veterinary Researches	Kufa University	12 Dunam	Holy Najaf
4	Establishment of Private School	Plot 10/1078/meem 5/Wadi Shisheen	4 Dunam	Saladin
5	Establishment of Private University	Basra Centre//6/828/Qiblah	16 Dunam	Basra
6	Establishment of Private University	Al-Nasiriyah Town	100 Dunam	Thi Qar
7	Establishment of Private University	Al-Nasiriyah Town	30 Dunam	Thi Qar
8	Establishment of Private University	Al-Shattra Town	10 Dunam	Thi Qar
9	Establishment of Private University	Souq Al-Shiyoukh Town	7 Dunam	Thi Qar
10	Establishment of Civil Engineering Laboratories and Agricultural and Veterinary Researches	City Centre	63 Dunam	Babylon
11	Establishment of a Specialized University	City Centre	—	Al-Muthanna

 

Services Sector

Services provision is considered as one of the main factors for a successful investment environment, so GOI has been serious to pay much attention to provide best services as it plays an essential role to achieve productivity and social stability.

The Government of Iraq has always sought to ensure the provision of good services and infrastructure and to display investment opportunities to the private sector with circulating a number of successful policies and programs in this regard.

After the restriction to regional traditional markets, Iraq markets have witnessed a big expansion with a shift in consumption, purchasing and entertainment patterns due to opening investment doors in this vital sector and the orientation towards constructing new commercial centers the matter that led to the large increase in the number of the commercial malls in the last three years with more new ones that are still under construction.

Available Investment Opportunities in Services Sector

No.	Project	Location	allocated Land Area	Province
1.	Rehabilitation of Adl Market	Baghdad- Adl Q.	9 Dunam	Baghdad
2.	Rehabilitation of Mansour Market	Baghdad- Mansour District	16 Dunam	Baghdad
3.	Rehabilitation of Amil Market	Baghdad- Amil Q	9 Dunam	Baghdad
4.	Rehabilitation of Sha’ab Market	Baghdad- Sha’ab District	10 Dunam	Baghdad
5.	Rehabilitation of Mustansiriyah Market	Baghdad- Mustansiriyah District	14 Dunam	Baghdad
6.	Rehabilitation of Salihiyah Market	Baghdad- Salihiyah District	3 Dunam	Baghdad
7.	Rehabilitation of Thulatha Market	Baghdad- Rusafa	13 Dunam	Baghdad
8.	Rehabilitation of Rasheed Market	Baghdad- Rusafa	6 Dunam	Baghdad
9.	Rehabilitation of Free Zone Supermarket	Baghdad- Rusafa	4 Dunam	Baghdad
10.	Commercial complex	1/6779 Al Jazeera	2500 m²	Babylon
11.	Commercial complex	Plot 37/1/meem 1/Eastren of Shafta District	1500 sq.m	Diyala
12.	Commercial complex	Jalawlaa/225/475/ Al Awsaj Valley	Various Areas	Diyala
13.	Commercial complex	Jalwalaa/224/333/ Al Awsaj Valley	Various Areas	Diyala
14.	Commercial complex	Jalwalaa/225/2738/ Al Awsaj Valley	Various Areas	Diyala
15.	Commercial complex	Khaniqeen/26/831/Haj Qarra	Various Areas	Diyala
16.	Commercial complex	Khaniqeen/80/40 and 80/3 Hamidiya Gardens	Various Areas	Diyala
17.	Restaurant and Coffee shop	Al-Muqdadiyah/plot.3/939/meem 28/Tokatli	2 Dunam and 23 Ulk	Diyala
18.	Tourist Restaurant	Khaniqeen//77/5 Al Jamia Section	Various Areas	Diyala
19.	Commercial complex	AL Sa’adiyah District 11/68	Various Areas	Diyala
20.	Tourist Restaurant	Al Khalis 2/983/ Gissab District	Various Areas	Diyala
21.	Commercial complex	Behriz 30/277	Various Areas	Diyala
22.	Commercial complex	Plot 3/45/Section.1/eastern of Shafta District	Various Areas	Diyala
23.	Commercial complex	Center of Tikrit City	4 Dunam	Saladin
24.	Commercial complex	Beji Town	1,3 Dunam	Saladin
25.	Commercial complex	5/303 m 53	3 Dunam	Kirkuk
26.	Commercial complex	1250/26/ m 66	1200m²	Kirkuk
27.	Commercial complex	Plot 355/44/m39	1200m²	Kirkuk
28.	Commercial complex	Plot.5/meem 51/outside the basic design of the Province	316 Dunam	Kirkuk
29.	Commercial complex	Plot 8/1/meem 52/ outside the basic design of the Province	20 Dunam	Kirkuk
30.	Multi-Storey Park	Plot 112/2329 m 53/ within the basic design of the Province	2 Dunam	Kirkuk
31.	Commercial complex	6/ 8565 meem 18 Bughailah/ Nu’maniyah	7 Dunam	Wassit
32.	Commercial complex	Plot 749/3/section 38/Al-Khagiya District	3 Dunam	Wassit
33.	Commercial complex	Hamdaniyah Town	12 Dunam	Nineveh
34.	Commercial complex	Mosul- Arbachiyah- Ikha Q, plot 754/ 180 m 51	6 Dunam	Nineveh
35.	Commercial complex	Plot 492/2/section.28/Al-Harmatt District	1 Dunam	Nineveh
36.	Commercial complex	Plot 779/158/section.3/Babierah District	2000 m²	Nineveh
37.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/1804/section.46/Southern Tala’far Island/Tala’afar Town	4 Dunam	Nineveh
38.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/56/section.46/Southern Tala’far Island/Tala’afar Town	4 Dunam	Nineveh
39.	Commercial complex	Plot 50/88/section.11/Northern Wadi Al-Ain District	1 Dunam	Nineveh
40.	Commercial complex	Plot 7/8/section.37/Jadidah Al-Mufti/Mosul Town	959 m²	Nineveh
41.	Commercial complex	Plot 3293/95/section.29/Jelioukhan District/Mosul-Kirkuk Road	4 Dunam	Nineveh
42.	Commercial complex	Part of plot 348/33/ District 10/Al-Haramatt	5 Dunam	Nineveh
43.	Commercial complex	Part of plot 192/47/section.11/Northern Wadi Al-Ain	1 Dunam	Nineveh
44.	Commercial complex	Part of plot 1027/90/section.51/Arabchah District	1 Dunam	Nineveh
45.	Commercial complex	Part of plot no.50/section.24/Southern Wadi Iqab	13 Dunam	Nineveh
46.	Commercial complex	Plot 1509/10/section.31/Qazzah Fakhrah-Ashur Quarter	1 Dunam	Nineveh
47.	Commercial complex	Part of plot 1759/10/section.31/Qazzah Fakhrah-Al-Gazzali Quarter	1 Dunam	Nineveh
48.	Commercial complex	Plot 821/10/section.31/Qazzah Fakhrah-Ashur Quarter	1 Dunam	Nineveh
49.	Commercial complex	Part of Plot 3271/10/section.31/Qazzah Fakhrah-Ashur Quarter	10 Dunam	Nineveh
50.	Commercial complex	Plot 41/16/section.32/Al-Shourah district	1,5 Dunam	Nineveh
51.	Commercial complex	Plot 13/166/section.63/northern Al-Koush District/Talkeef Town	1 Dunam	Nineveh
52.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/249/section.46/Southern Jaziratt Tal’afar/Tal’afar Town	1 Dunam	Nineveh
53.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/246/section.46/Southren Jaziratt Tala’far/Tal’afar Town	1 Dunam	Nineveh
54.	Commercial complex	Plot 18299/63/section.11/Northren Wadi Al-Ain	1,4 Dunam	Nineveh
55.	Free Trade Zone	Faidah/Mosul-Duhok Road 10 km from the existing Municipaility Borders	First Zone is 28 Dunam-Second Zone is 1640	Nineveh
56.	Commercial complex	Plot 41/7-41/16/section.32/Al-Shourah District	3 Dunam	Nineveh
57.	Commercial complex	Ramadi- Mustaouda’a, the location is surrounded by four Streets 149/2058 Aziziya & howz	8 Dunam	Anbar
58.	Commercial complex	Heet Town, plot no. 9/ 6806	6 Dunam	Anbar
59.	Commercial complex	Faluja Town- Yarmook Q. plot no. 9/ 29448 meem 1 jeem Kha	4 Dunam	Anbar
60.	Commercial complex	Rawa town	1675 m²	Anbar
61.	Commercial complex in Ana	Ana Town	2 Dunam	Anbar
62.	Multi-Stories Garage	Ramadi Town	6 Dunam	Anbar
63.	Commercial complex	Karbala- Hussainiyah District- next to Imam ‘Aoun Shrine	8 Dunam	Holy Karbala
64.	Multi-stories integrated Commercial complex	Karbala- Hur District- Safi street near deposit Qaf 20014/ 1 meem 21 Haydariyah	4 Dunam	Holy Karbala
65.	Commercial complex	163/ 1/ meem 6	6 Dunam	Holy Karbala
66.	Commercial complex	Plot 25/86/Eastern Al-Abassiyah Quarter	1,4 Dunam	Holy Karbala
67.	Commercial complex	Plot 1507/8/Al-Mishraq Quarter	3 Dunam	Holy Najaf
68.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/15329/Holy Najaf Municipality	2,6 Dunam	Holy Najaf
69.	Commercial complex	Plot 1/4420/Al-Manathirah Town	600 m²	Holy Najaf
70.	Farmer Markets	Plot 186/3/meem 13/ Al-Manathirah Town	2 Dunam	Holy Najaf
71.	Commercial Complex	Plot 1/484/meem 3/ Al-Manathirah Town	768 m²	Holy Najaf
72.	Public Buildings	Plot 1/2941/meem 3/Haswatt Al-Khournaq District/ Al-Manathirah Town	1395 m²	Holy Najaf
73.	Public Buildings	Plot 1/2028/ Haswatt Al-Khournaq District/ Al-Manathirah Town	—	Holy Najaf
74.	Public Buildings	Plot 54/310/ Al-Manathirah Town	1900 m²	Holy Najaf
75.	Public Buildings	Plot 306/54/Al-Hadi Quarter/ Al-Manathirah Town	1302 m²	Holy Najaf
76.	Car Parking Lot	Plot 1/2970/Haswatt Al-Khournaq District/ Al-Manathirah Town	1632 m²	Holy Najaf
77.	Public Buildings	Plot 1/386/Al-Jumhoori quarter/ Al-Manathirah Town	1040 m²	Holy Najaf
78.	Commercial Complex	Plot 30/413/Al-Shahid Al-Sadr Quarter/Al-Mishkhab District	12 Dunam	Holy Najaf
79.	Commercial Complex	Plot 24,25/52/Basra Center/ Gazara	1 Dunam	Basra
80.	Establishment of Modern Commercial Center	Plot 150/149/86/Al-Ribatt Al-Kabeer District/Basra Center	1500 m²	Basra
81.	Commercial complex	Plot 137/3198/ Al-Ribatt Al-Kabeer District/Basrah Center	2229 m²	Basra
82.	Commercial Complex	Plot 4/83/Al-Khidhur Town/Basra Centre	840 m²	Basra
83.	Commercial complex	Plot 948/2/Al-Kut Al-Hajaj District/ Basra Centre	1600 m²	Basra
84.	Commercial complex	Plot 136/Al-Ribatt Al-Saghir District-Basra Centre	4 Dunam	Basra
85.	Commercial complex	Plot 37/690/Al-Qiblah District/ Basra Centre	5 Dunam	Basra
86.	Commercial complex	Plot 6/1786/Maqam Ali District/ Basra Centre	1862 m²	Basra
87.	Commercial complex	Plot 15/278/ Al-Ribatt Al-Saghir District-Basra Centre	1212 m²	Basra
88.	Commercial complex	Plot 2/595/Kut Al-Hajaj District/ Basra Centre	1 Dunam	Basra
89.	Commercial complex	Plot 2087/294 Al-Jumhouriah/Al-Zubair Town	2208 m²	Basra
90.	Commercial complex	Plot 2087/292 Al-Jumhouriah/Al-Zubair Town	1240 m²	Basra
91.	Commercial complex	Plot 3/3865/6/Fao Town	23 Dunam	Basra
92.	Commercial complex	Plot 59/16 Shatt Al-Arab Town	912 m²	Basra
93.	Commercial complex	Plot 3/1766/64 Hour Saad	600 m²	Basra
94.	Commercial complex	Plot 3/1768/64 Hour Saad	600 m²	Basra
95.	Commercial complex	Plot 3/1769/64 Hour Saad	600 m²	Basra
96.	Commercial complex	Plot no.18/2246 Al Hadi Center	1000 m²	Maysan
97.	Commercial complex	Eastern Ali District	21 Ulk	Maysan
98.	Commercial complex	Plot no.126/171/Tigris River	12 Ulk	Maysan
99.	Commercial complex	Plot no. 25/3904 Al Husain Q.	1600 m²	Maysan
100.	Multi-Stories Garage	Province center	1 Dunam	Maysan
101.	Commercial complex	Province center	5100 m²	Maysan
102.	Commercial complex	Western Ali Center	1500 m²	Maysan
103.	Commercial complex	Kut Town	According to project need	Wasit
104.	Free Zone	Zurbatiya Town	According to project need	Wasit
105.	Commercial complex	Swaira Town 28/104/717 Jwaysmia	1 dunam	Wasit
106.	Commercial complex	Al Numaniya Town 19/15/42 Numan	16 dunam	Wasit
107.	Commercial complex	Kut Town 16/1009 Al Hawi	2 dunam	Wasit
108.	Commercial complex	Within Municipality Boarders	4 dunam	Thi Qar
109.	Multi-Stories Garage	Within Municipality Boarders- Hammam	5 Dunam	Thi Qar
110.	Commercial Complex	Mouadhafeen Quarter- Old Garage	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
111.	Commercial Complex	Al-Shattrah Town	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
112.	Commercial Complex	Al-Shattrah Town	2.3 Dunam	Thi Qar
113.	Multi-Stories Garage	Al-Shattrah Town	5 Dunam	Thi Qar
114.	Commercial Complex	Al-Jibaiesh Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
115.	Modern Coffee Shop	Al-Jibaiesh Town	4 Dunam	Thi Qar
116.	Commercial Complex	Al-Rifa’aei Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
117.	Commercial Complex	Al-Rifa’aei Town	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
118.	Commercial Complex	Al-Gharaf Town	2 Dunam	Thi Qar
119.	Commercial Complex	Al-Diwayah Town	1350 m²	Thi Qar
120.	Commercial Complex	Al-Fuhood Town	1768 m²	Thi Qar
121.	Commercial Complex	Al-Islah	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
122.	Commercial Complex	Souq Al Sheokh	1 Dunam	Thi Qar
123.	Commercial Complex	Plot 27/Al-Sariyah District	1.3 Dunam	Maysan
124.	Commercial Complex	Plot 2/133/Qaureter/7 Al-Basateen	2 Dunam	Muthana
125.	Commercial Complex	432 (Al-Salahiya Town)	1250 m²	Diwaniyah
126.	Commercial Complex	Plot 4/3902/meem 1/Um Al-Khail Town	5 Ulk	Diwaniyah
127.	Commercial Complex	Plot 1/20/meem 31/Basateen Al-Jala’a District	7 Ulk and 59 m²	Diwaniyah
128.	Commercial Complex	Plot 25/554/meem 5/Um Abassiyatt District	13 Ulk and 20 m²	Diwaniyah
129.	Commercial Complex	Plot 13/meem 31/Al-Jala’a-Sumer Town	6 Ulk and 80 m²	Diwaniyah
130.	Commercial Complex	Plot 2/10862/meem 23/Abo Al-Fadhil District	1 Dunam and 13 Ulk	Diwaniyah
131.	Commercial Complex	Plot 2/5525/meem 23/Abo Al Fadhil District	1800 m²	Diwaniyah
132.	Commercial Complex	Plot 2/14956/meem 23/Abo Al-Fadhil District	1 Dunam	Diwaniyah
133.	Commercial Complex	Plot 1/85/meem 13/Thor Al-Juboor Town	1 Dunam and 9 Ulk	Diwaniyah
134.	Commercial Complex	Plot 2/17905/meem 23/Abo Al-Fadhil District	7 Ulk	Diwaniyah
135.	Commercial Complex	Plot 25/2737/meem 5/Um-Abassiyatt District	10 Dunam and 21 Ulk	Diwaniyah
136.	Commercial Complex	Plot 9/698/meem 3/Al-Malaha District	1 Dunam and 3 Ulk and 50 m²	Diwaniyah
137.	Commercial Complex	Plot 1/745/ West	1200 m²	Diwaniyah
138.	Commercial Complex	Plot 11/558/meem 2/Al-Dahaiyah District	4 Ulk	Diwaniyah
139.	Commercial Complex	Plot 44/66/meem 2/Albo Salih District	840 m²	Diwaniyah
140.	Commercial Complex	Plot 1/84/meem 2/Aziz Allah District	38 Dunam	Diwaniyah
141.	Commercial Complex	Plot 25/2734/meem 5/ Um-Abassiyatt District	8 Dunam	Diwaniyah
142.	Parking Lot	Plot 25/1989/meem 5/Um-Abassiyatt District	22 Ulk	Diwaniyah
143.	Commercial Complex	Plot 27/2/meem 13/Al-Bidair Town	10 Dunam	Diwaniyah
144.	Entertainment complex	34/416/m 15 Masafit & haseen / Nefer	6 Dunam	Diwaniyah
145.	Commercial Complex	11/558 m /2 Al Sadeer	11 Ulk	Diwaniyah

 

Youth and Sport Sector:

Youth and Sport Sector provides essential services for a successful investment environment, therefore; the government keens to secure this sector to provide services and care for youth since this sector has a great importance in increasing productivity and achieving stability and welfare for youth.

The government has sought to provide services and infrastructure in addition to providing investment opportunities for private sector to participate in developing this vital sector. The government has launched several policies and successful programs as Iraq’s youth witnessed an intellectual expansion and a real desire to develop sport.

Different investment areas has been launched in this sector especially with the trend toward establishing new youth centers and forums which increased the number of these centers significantly over the last three years noting that there are several projects that are under implementation in this sector.

 

Investment Opportunities of Youth and Sport Sector announced by the Ministry of Youth and Sport Ministry

Province	Allocated Area	Location	Project Name	No
Baghdad/Rusafa	19 Dunam	Plot 1/17/21/Kamirah Town	Establishment of Shopping Centre, Cafeteria and Electronic Games Hall	1.
Baghdad/Rusafa	—	Quarter 34/Al-Sadr Town	Stadium of 5000 spectator capacity	2.
Baghdad/Rusafa	—	Quarter 34/Al-Sadr Town	Muntada Al-Qudus Swimming Pool with empty yards	3.
Baghdad/Rusafa	656 m²	Quarter 30/Al-Sadr Town	Muntada Al-Salam Swimming Pool with open yards	4.
Baghdad/ Rusafa	1711 m²	Quarter 1/Al-Sadr Town	Al-Mithaq Swimming Pool with empty yards.	5.
Baghdad/Karkh	82 Dunam	Plot 671/3/meem 26/Tajiatt District	Establishment of Car Trace track, Water City and Hotel	6.
Baghdad/Karkh	14 Dunam	Plot 849/5/meem 22/Sabiyatt District	Sport Hall	7.
Baghdad/Karkh	—	Plot 1/3082/meem 18/Al-Amiriyah District	Multi-Purpose Sport Hall	8.
Baghdad/ Karkh	8 Dunam	Plot 3841/7/meem 20/Al-Dawoodi District	Entertainment Centre for Youth and Sport	9.
Baghdad/ Karkh	3 Dunam	Plot 6240/23/meem 2/ Al-Khur District	Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	10.
Baghdad/ Karkh	12 Dunam	Plot 2229/26/meem 21/Al-Salam District	Establishment of Tartan Multi-Purpose Yard with Sport Health Care Centre	11.
Baghdad/Karkh	—	Part of plot 11/330/Iela’am Quarter	Indoor Swimming Pool	12.
Kirkuk	2 Dunam	Plot 18/116/meem 67	Sport and Commercial Centre (vertical building)	13.
Wasit	136 Dunam	Plot 7425/1/meem 45/Um-Hallanah District	Water City, 5 stars Hotel and indoor Swimming pool	14.
Wasit	39 Dunam	Plot 664/16/Al-Hawii District	Multi-Storey Sport & Housing Complex, consist of Occasions Halls and various sport Halls	15.
Wasit	4 Dunam	plot 1728/5/meem 2/Zgeetan District	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	16.
Wasit	7 Dunam	plot 477/3/meem 12 /Al-Taweel District	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	17.
Wasit	15 Dunam	Plot 5143/6/meem 18/Al-Baghilah District	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	18.
Wasit	1.7 Dunam	Plot 5213/2/meem 44/Al-Safha	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	19.
Wasit	19 Dunam	Plot 248/104/meem 28	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	20.
Holy Najaf	2 Dunam	Plot 14509/2/Buraq Al-Jadidah	Entertainment Swimming Pool and Sport Hall	21.
Holy Najaf	10 Dunam	Plot 88228	Water City, 5 Stars Hotel and Sport Hall	22. 2
Nineveh	–	Plot 28/21/meem 42/Westren Nineveh/Mosuk/Al-Maliyah District	Five-Storey Building, consist of sport Halls and Entertainment Swimming Pool	23. /td>
Nineveh	1 Dunam	Plot 432/5/nearby Mosul/Dawasah Kharij District	Sport Medicine Centre of 50 Bed Capacity	24.
Nineveh	1 Dunam	Plot 2760/10/meem 52/Qouchak/Mosul/Al-Karamah Quarter	Indoor Swimming Pool with Sport Halls	25.
Nineveh	2 Dunma	Plot 8/meem 47/Mankoubah Al-Jadidah/Mosul/Gaiyarah District	Artificial Grass Yard with Sport Halls	26.
Nineveh	3.7 Dunam	Plot 54/1/meem 46/Mosul/Ulmish District	Housing and Sport Complex with Sport Yards	27.
Kirkuk	1.2  dunam	Plot 658/918 m 39	Indoors swimming pool and car parking	28.
Babylon	16 Dunam	Plot 105/9/meem 17/Jablawiya/Centre of Musayab Town	Indoor Swimming Pool and Sport Medicine Centre	29.
Babylon	1 Dunam	Plot 17/336/meem 37/Al-Sharfah and AL-Hashimiyah/Centre of Al-Hashimiyah District	Indoor Swimming Pool with Sport Supplies	30.
Babylon	6 Dunam	Plot 5/46/meem 9/Hour Heen/Musaiab Town/Jur Al-Sakhir District	Indoor Swimming Pool , Multi-Storey Building and Sport Medicine Centre	31.
Babylon	350 Dunam	Plot 3/1/mee 1/Abo Ghaseeb/Hilla Town/Northren of Mijzaratt Al-Hilla	Sport Complex	32.
Babylon	6 Dunam	Plot 3/320/meem 17/Tjah/Hilla Town/Iskan Quarter	Indoor Swimming Pool and Sport Halls	33.
Babylon	1 Dunam	Plot 3/297031/Makroori/Hilla own/Muhiezim Al-Oulah Quarter	Sport Complex	34.
Babylon	4 Dunam	Plot 1/8738/meem 17/Tajiyah/Hilla Town/Industrial Quarter	Bikes and Cars Track in addition to Sport Halls	35.
Babylon	1 Dunam	Plot 139/32/meem 23/Burthoweel/Hilla Town/Al-Kifil District	Indoor Swimming Pool	36.
Babylon	20 Dunam	Plot 26/964 and plot 26/965/meem 41/Al-Rifiyah and Abu Ghasseeb/Mahaweel/Al-Neel District	Water City	37.
Babylon	18 Dunam	Part of Plot 1/6824/meem 36/Al-Jazirah/Al-Mashrou Distrcit	Sport Halls	38.
Babylon	8 Dunam	Plot 19/2161 and 19/2162/9 Hour Al-Khan/Musaiab/Iskandriya Town	Swimming Pool and Sport Halls	39.
Muthanna	2 Dunam	Plot 15/756/meem 32/Westren Orchard  allocated by Finance Ministry/Westren Samawah/Al-Hussain Quarter	Indoor Swimming Pool	40.
Muthanna	15 Dunam	Plot 11/536/meem 5/Um Al-Tilool allocated by Finance Ministry /Al-Jassan Quarter	An Integrated Water City	41.
Muthanna	9 Dunam	Plot 2/1/meem 5/Um Al-Tilool allocated by Finance Ministry /Al-Haidariyah Quarter	An integrated Sport & Complex	42.
Muthanna	12 Dunam	Plot 4/100/meem 5/ Um Al-Tilool allocated by Finance Ministry /Al-Haidariyah Quarter	An integrated Sport & Housing Complex	43.
Muthanna	5 Dunam	Plot 10/475/meem 5/ Um Al-Tilool allocated by Finance Ministry /Al-Haidariyah Quarter	Indoor Swimming Pool and Children Play Grounds	44. 4
Muthanna	12 Dunam	Plot 3/1/meem 3/ allocated by Finance Ministry/Samawha Town/Samawa Olymipic Stadium	Establishment of 5 Stars Hotel to host sport delegations in addition to establishing 2 Swimming Pools	45.

Agriculture Sector

The agriculture sector has been a major contributor to general domestic production, because of the availability of the fundamental factors for success, including fertile plains, irrigation water from Tigris and Euphrates, large land areas, human and other material resources. Therefore, Iraq was considered the Middle East food basket and a main source of various agricultural products. However, this sector deteriorated significantly during the last quarter of the past century. Such deterioration can be attributed to factors like negligence, poor management of water resources, and population rise

Despite all these challenges, this sector continued to play an important role in the country’s economy due to the fact that it creates a large number of employment opportunities. This sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP in fixed priced for the year 2014 was (6.9%), whereas there are 6764661 dunam announced by the Ministry of Agriculture to be invested.

This sector is considered a promising sector in the investment field due to the large number of investment opportunities which it offers and the diversity that characterizes such opportunities. And in the light of the availability of elements of success, this sector provides diversity of food basket and relative food security through agricultural investments in all its types.

 

 

Table shows the Number of Investment Opportunities, Total Area of Opportunity in each Province and Total Area offered for Agricultural Investment in Iraq in 2015

 

No.	Province	Number of opportunities	total area / dunam
1.	Nineveh	4	4295070
2.	Kirkuk	2	1432
3.	Saladin	5	169350
4.	Anbar	5	245415
5.	Babylon	11	18168
6.	Diyala	15	24571
7.	Wasit	35	411720
8.	Holy Karbala	3	315000
9.	Holy Najaf	1	700000
10.	Diwaniya	13	27744
11.	Thi Qar	13	58408
12.	Muthanna	1	300000
13.	Maysan	9	173000
14.	Basra	7	24783
Total		124	6764661

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Nineveh Province for 2015

 

Seq.

District

Township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Usage

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Ba’aj

–

51/ Sanjar Island

1/4336

1974000

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

19866.8/x 393870.5/y

Not analyzed

Sandy

2

Hadhar

Tal Abta

51/ Sanjar Island

1/4336

1005804

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

241991.3/x 3918995.8/y

Not analyzed

Sandy

3

Hadhar

–

46/ Tela’fer Aljanobia Island

1

1312667

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

285848.5/x 391935.1/y

7

Sandy

4

Sanjar

Alshamal

24/Adeka

73

2599

Agricultural

Pasture

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

208345.8/x 4036548.7/y

Not analyzed

clay

Total

4295070 dunam

Number of opportunities

4

Investment Opportunities in Nineveh Province / Alba’aj  District

 

 

Investment Opportunities in Nineveh Province / Al hadhar  District

Investment Opportunities in Nineveh Province /Sinjar District

LPredisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Kirkuk Province in 2015

 

Seq.

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Usage

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Daquoq

Centre

14/ West Jyourka

16/1

1390

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

453356/x 3885636/y

8.5

Lomé sandy

2

Kirkuk

Yayejya

20/Qara Taba

45

42

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

341011/x 3930363/y

7.75

Lomé

Total

1432 dunam

Number of opportunities

2

Investment Opportunities in Kirkuk Province / District Center

Investment Opportunities in Kirkuk Province / Daquq District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Saladin Province in 2015

 

Seq.

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Usage

Availability of water ratio

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

Notes

PH

soil Tissues

–

1

Tikrit

Samara

9/ Jazera

1

4200

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

wells

0339799/x 3800894/y

7.8

Gypsum

2

Aldoor

Aldoor

74

97

5000

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

wells

0415569/x 3805403/y

7.5

Gypsum

–

3

Aldoor

Aldoor

87

50-47 & 71

10000

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

wells

0424345/x 3834336/y

7.7

Sandy

–

4

Beji

–

90 Makhoul Mont.

1

150

Agricultural

Agricultural

Do not have a share of water

wells

355636/x 3887206/y

7.5

Mixed Sandy

High gypsum content

5

Beji

–

4/Um Altoos

1

150000

Agricultural

Animal and Plants

Do not have a share of water

Evergreen

270346/x 3842229/y

7.5

Mixed Sandy

High gypsum content

Total

1659350 dunam

Number of opportunities

5

Investment Opportunities in Saladin Province /Samarra District

Investment Opportunities in Saladin Province /Aldoor District

Investment Opportunities in Saladin Province /Beji District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Al Anbar Province for 2015⁵

 

Seq.

District

Township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Source of water

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Qaem

–

24/Kalban al- Tayara And 22/dayoom al- Der

1/49 And 27

107200

desert Lands

–

Unavailable

–

X/ 166909 Y/ 3843882

7.78

mixed Sandy

2

Qaem

–

20/Western Dayoom Jibab

43

116000

desert Lands

–

Unavailable

–

X/ 179951 Y/ 3793720

7.27

Mixed

3

Hdeetha

–

71/Dayoom , the middle island

1

14000

desert Lands

Underground water

Unavailable

Wells Depth /30m Unusable

X/ 0279047 Y/ 3805631

6.66

Mixed Sandy

4

Al- Khalidiyah

Habanyah

47/Haswat al- Shamiyah

2

1215

Rocky lands

Underground water

Unavailable

Wells Depth /15m Salty Depth / 25 m  less salty   Unusable

X/ 0353717 Y/ 3673662

7.65

Mixed Sandy

5

Faluja

Saqlawyah

36/Al- Jabal

1/5094

7000

Rocky lands

Underground water

Unavailable

Wells

X/ 0379659 Y/ 3709765

8.4

Mixed Clay sandy (High gypsum ingredients 42%)

Total

245415 Dunam

Number of opportunities

5

Investment Opportunities in Anbar Province/ Al Qaem District

Investment Opportunities in Anbar Province/ Haditha District

Investment Opportunities in Anbar Province/Faluja District

Investment Opportunities in Anbar Province/Khalidiya District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Babylon Province in 2015⁶

Seq.

District

Township

County No.

Plot  No.

Area / dunam

Type

Source of water

Availability of water share

Method of Persusion

Coordinates X Y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Mahaweel

Imam

20 Abarra

37/33

100

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

0462258 3606618

7.8

Mixed Sandy

2

Mahaweel

Imam

31 Shahwaniya

2/1

100

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

0459937 3612030

7.8

Mixed Sandy

3

Mahaweel

Imam

35 Amiya Al Pash

5/4

203

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

0463103 3622677

7.5

Mixed clay

4

Mahaweel

Neil

44 /Aljadwal Alsharqi

1/1

87

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

3599102 /X 471357 /Y

8.1

Mixed Sandy/very  salty 162.2

5

Mahaweel

Neil

44 /Aljadwal Alsharqi

1/1

244

Agricultural

irrigation project

available

Surface irrigation

3596831 /X 469144 Y

8.1

Mixed Sandy / salty 72.1

6

Mahaweel

Neil

44 /Aljadwal Alsharqi

1/1

103

Agricultural

irrigation project

available

Surface irrigation

3598814 /X 468995 Y

8.2

Mixed Sandy / very salty 151.9

7

Mahaweel

Mahaweel

1/Hosin Ja’afer

31/3

60

Agricultural

underground waters

Un Available

Wells

3615970 443861 3615990 443691

7.8

Mixed Sandy/ salty 84.9

8

Al Musayib

Jurf Al Sakhar

2/ Al Haswa Al Shamalya

20/1

6000

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

419205 3647465 418543 3646118

Mixed clay/ unstable area could not get samples

9

Al Musayib

Iskandaria

19/Abo Loka

1

400

Agricultural

Irrigation project

Available

Surface irrigation

437546 3634474

7.7

Mixed Sandy

10

Al Musayib

Iskandaria

2/ Almajasa

8/8

10381

Agricultural

underground waters

Un Available

Wells

435497 3640622

–

– unsuitable

11

Al Hashmiya

Al Midhatiya

28/ Al Jazera

1/121

490

Agricultural

Un Available

means

496749 3594755

7.5

Mixed sandy

Total

18168  dunam

Number of opportunities

11

Investment Opportunities in Babylon Province / Al Mahawel District

Investment Opportunities in Babylon Province / Al Musayib District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Diyala Province in 2015⁷

Seq.

District

Township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Source of water

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Muqdadiah

–

26/Al Haronia

70/12

86

Evergreen Lands

underground water (unsuitable)  , rain

Unavailable

wells

503100 3764200

8.6

Mixed Clay

2

Muqdadiah

–

26/Al Haronia

76/12

359

Evergreen Lands

underground water (unsuitable)  , rain

Unavailable

wells

502400 3764731

8

Mixed Clay

3

Muqdadiah

–

37/Wadi Alhesan

42/1

2813

Evergreen Lands

underground water (unsuitable)  , rain

Unavailable

wells

514400 3756650

8.5

Clay Sandy

4

Muqdadiah

Wajehia

10/Alezia

11/1

150

Evergreen Lands

irrigation project rain

available

surface irrigation

496350 3728200

7.8

Mixed Clay

5

Muqdadiah

Wajehia

10/Alezia

1/2

500

Evergreen Lands

irrigation project,(unsuitable)  rain

available

surface irrigation

493500 3737200

7.2

Mixed Clay

6

Baquba

Kana’n

24/Tal Abo Raseen

9/1

350

Evergreen Lands

irrigation project, ,(unsuitable)   rain

available

surface irrigation

488550 3727300

7.1

Clay

7

Baquba

Buhriz

21/Tal Al asmar

96

2923

Evergreen Lands

irrigation project, ,(unsuitable)   rain

available

surface irrigation

470376 3671000

8.7

Mixed Clay  Sandy

8

Khanaqin

Jalawlaa’

34/Kushok

1

40

Evergreen Lands

underground water , rain

Unavailable

wells

–

7.7

Mixed Sandy

9

Khanaqin

Jalawlaa’

34/Kushok

111

50

Evergreen Lands

underground water, rain

Unavailable

wells

513600 3798880

7.2

Mixed Sandy

10

Khanaqin

Jalawlaa’

31/Jamelat Arab

201

100

Evergreen Lands

Underground water , rain

Unavailable

wells

508900 3799900

8

Mixed Clay

11

Moqdadiah

Mansoria

28/Mansoriat Al Jabal

43

200

Evergreen Lands

underground water,(unsuitable) rain

Unavailable

wells

495100 3777300 3276230 495557

7.2

Mixed Sandy

12

Moqdadiah

Mansoria

36/Almashroh

51.131

11000

Evergreen Lands

Underground water ,(unsuitable) rain

Unavailable

well

3782700 472410

7.4

Mixed Clay

13

Moqdadiah

Mansoria

16/Alshohani

2934/1

500

Evergreen Lands

unsuitable waterirrigation project , rain

available

surfaces irrigation

486000 3773600

7.3

Mixed Clay

14

Moqdadiah

Mansoria

36/Almashroh

46.68 Part Of 131/1

5000

Evergreen Lands

Underground water ,(unsuitable) rain

Unavailable

wells

3782700 472410

7.5

Mixed Sandy

15

Moqdadiah

Mansoria

15/Almarfoah

3/4 & 3/6

500

Evergreen Lands

underground water,(unsuitable) rain

Unavailable

wells

469900 3770200

7.1

Mixed Clay

Total

24571 Dunam

Number of opportunities

15

Investment Opportunities in Diyala Province/ Khanaqin District

• There is other investment opportunity that was unable to track its coordination’s because of the interference with the Army which is :

District: Khanaqien –Township: Jalawla’a-County No.:34/Kushouk-Plot No.:1-Area:40 Dunam-Type: evergreen-Usage:Animal production origin- Availability of water share: None-Method of Perfusion: by rain-PH:7.7-Mixed Sandy

 Investment Opportunities in Diyala Province / Baquba District

 Investment Opportunities in Diyala Province / Muqdadiyah District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Wasit Province for 2015⁸

Seq.

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x Y

Analysis of soil

Notes

PH

1

Azezia

Centre

34/Jazera

191/1

5300

Agricultural

Un Available

524392 3664083

3.8

2

Azezia

Center

23/Jazera

67/1

5

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

509036 3647530

7.6

Area shrinked from 35 to 5

Area shrinked from 35 to 5

3

Essouira

Al Zobaidia

13/Saysabana

6/1

12

Agricultural

Un Available

Means

512318 3619156

7.4

4

Nu’mania

Centre

33/Jazera

1/46

11500

Agricultural

Un Available

Means

548086 3627869

7.6

5

Nu’mania

Centre

30 Bezaiz & 32 jazera

9/2 and 1/10

95

Agricultural

Un Available

Means

526682 3596068

–

6

Badra

Jassan

21/Mweleh

1

3600

Agricultural

Un Available

wells

576889 3636937

7.3

7

Badra

Jassan

27/Jazera

1/18

100000

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

576362 3633511

–

8

Badra

Jassan

33/Al Hor

2/6

49000

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

576889 3636937

–

9

Badra

Centre

16/ Sajla & Sabkha

1

800

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

584743 3665664

8.5

10

Badra

Centre

16/ Sajla & Sabkha

3

30000

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

584143 3665245

7.2

11

Badra

Zurbatia

8/Hashema

8

33000 & 1200 Sporadic

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

578816 3661630

7.6

750 dunam saved for Cement factory

12

Kut

Shekh Sa’ad

46/Ramadan Ajer

1

26200

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

632612 3606647

7.3

Notes

13

Kut

Shekh Sa’ad

45/Ramadan Ajer

1

34970

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

634482 3612307

7.7

14

Kut

Shekh Sa’ad

38/Sayed Muhamed

1

832

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

633713 3619964

7.3

15

Kut

Shekh Sa’ad

45/um Al Jaradi

1

20501

Agricultural

Un Available

Wells

637531 3628153

7.4 to 8.5

Area shrinked from 35 to 5

16

kut

center

30 Shwaija

325/1 116 to 129/1

59555

Agricultural

Available

Means

559703 3620412

7.4

17

Alhay

Mowafaqia

22/ Tarat Efaj

1/14

1050

Agricultural

Available

Means

0587302 3573905

7.1 7.8

Celtic Clay

18

Kut

Dejela

5/Hamedia & Jalebia

7/2

6

Agricultural

Available

Means

623184 3591212

7.7

Celtic Clay

19

Kut

Dejela

15/Hor kharab

5

4725

Agricultural

Available

means

0638113 3553540

7.6

Celtic Clay

20

Kut

Dejela

15/Hor kharab

7/6

9155

Agricultural

Available

Means

644943 3543497

7.8

Celtic Clay

21

Al Hay

center

24Khamesia

1/8

120

Agriculture

Unavailable

means

7.5

clay

22

Al Azizia

Al Deboni

34 Jazera

1/191

8000

Agriculture

unavailable

means

535543 3637694

7.6

clay

23

kut

Shikh Saad

37/khrykher

960

Agriculture

available

means

614413 3611361

24

kut

Shikh Saad

31/Salty Ramth

2/1

900

Agriculture

unavailable

means

618304 3636154

25

Al Azizia

Al Azizia

34 Jazera

191/1

966

Agriculture

unavailable

means

578129 3660399

26

Al Azizia

Al Azizia

34 Jazera

191/1

780

Agriculture

unavailable

means

515441 3647390

27

Al Azizia

Al Azizia

34 Jazera

191/1

1800

Agriculture

unavailable

means

529575 3653080

28

Badra

Zurbatia

8/ Hashima

8

70

Agriculture

unavailable

means

587071 3693372

29

kut

center

30 Shiwaija

235/1

800

Agriculture

unavailable

means

601743 3615763

30

kut

center

30 Shiwaija

235/1

513

Agriculture

unavailable

means

576796 3607743

31

Numaniya

Ahrar

5/ Abo Jabir

316/1

1

Agriculture

available

means

32

Numaniya

Ahrar

42/ Fhayl

4/1

500

Agriculture

unavailable

means

558313 3552496

33

Al Azizia

Zubaidia

10/Sharqi Taweel

5/2

200

Agriculture

unavailable

means

516584 3620203

34

hay

Muafaqiya

22/ Qara Efaj

14/2

3624

Agriculture

available

means

563462 3550411

35

Al Azizia

Debino

29 western Shadheef

10/32 11/32 12/32 13/32

980

Agriculture

unavailable

means

517297 3630776

Total

411720 dunam

Number of opportunities

35

 

Investment opportunities in Wasit Province / Alhai District

There are another two investment opportunities in:

1.District : Alhai – Township :Almarkaz – County No.: 24 / Al Khamesiah- Plot Number : 8/1- Area: 120 Dunam – Type :Agricultural / Usage: production of animal or vegetable –Availability of water share: None – Method of Perfusion: watered proxy – PH / 7,5 – mud.

2. 2. District :Alhai – Township: Al Muwafaqiya – County No.: 8 /Al Sheib Al Sharqiy – Plot Number:1/20- Area: 72 Dunam – Type :agricultural – Usage: production of vegetable or animal origin – Availability of water share :Provided- Methods of Perfusion: Means -PH : 7,9.

Investment opportunities in Wasit Province / Badrah District

Investment opportunities in Wasit Province / Kut Town

Investment opportunities in Wasit Province / Sowaira District

Investment opportunities in Wasit Province / Numa’aniya District

Another investment opportunity is available in Numaniya district /AlAhrar Q. 5 Abo Jabir plot no. 1/316 area 1 dunum Agriculture Mushroom project. Water available

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in the Province of Holy Karbala for 2015⁹

Seq.

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

source of water

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x Y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Centre

Alhur

61/Jazera

3

160000

Desert/ unsuitable

underground water/ 30m depth

Do not have a share of water

wells

398586/x 3574295/y

7.8

Lomé sandy

2

Ain Altamur

Alhur

20/Jazera

50

120000

Desert / suitable

underground water/ 25m depth

Do not have a share of water

wells

365447/x 3572708/y

7.8

Lomé sandy

3

Centre

Husainia

60/Haswa 4/Mkeheel

1 1

35000

Desert unsuitable

irrigation project / 10 m depth

Do not have a share of water

surface irrigation

402462/x 3621094/y

7.4

sandy

Total

315000 dunam

Number of opportunities

3

Investment Opportunities in the Province of Holy Karbala / Town Center

 

Investment Opportunities in the Province of Holy Karbala /Ain Al Tamur District

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in the Province of Holy Najaf for 2014¹⁰

Seq.

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Usage

Availability of water share

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Najaf

Shabaka

1

1

7000

Agricultural

Agricultural

Share of water is not available

Groundwater

440000 3427000

7.5 – 6.5

Mixed interspersed with some flooding and areas of gypsum

Total

7000 dunam

Number of opportunities

1

Investment Opportunities in the Province of Holy Najaf/ Najaf Town

Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Diwaniyah Province for 2015¹¹

Seq

District

township

County No.

Plot No.

Area / dunam

Type

Availability of water share

Source of water

Soil suitability

Method of perfusion

Coordinates x Y

Analysis of soil

PH

soil Tissues

1

Al Hamza

Al Shanafya

3/ Al Masudia

23/1

1725

Agriculture

Unavailable

Underground waters

Suitable

Wells

478348 3501561

7.8

clay

2

Al Hamza

Al Shanafya

6/ Al Akrokiya

1

1000

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

Suitable

Surface irrigation

487308 3485515

7.8

sandy

3

Al Hamza

Al Shanafya

11/Al Rekbaniya

1

10000

Agriculture

Unavailable

Underground waters 20 m depth

Suitable

Wells

496106 3464235

7.9

sandy

4

Al Hamza

Al Hamza

8. Aziz Alla

1/10

399

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

unsuitable

Surface irrigation

490140 3509205

8.4

clay

5

Al Hamza

Al Hamza

Abo Hasheesh/9

2/10

590

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

unsuitable

Surface irrigation

484766 3502203

7.9

clay

6

Al Hamza

Al Sadeer

6/Imam Al Deen

1/34

250

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

unsuitable

Surface irrigation

484515 3516400

8.1

clay

7

Afak

Soumer

30/Al Jazera

8

1000

Agricultural

un Available

Underground water

Unsuitable

Wells

520875 3575450

7.8

Mixed

8

Afak

Nefer

27/Shat Al Nile

1

1266

Agricultural

un Available

Underground water/ 8-5m

Unsuitable

Wells

522420 3542450

8

Mixed clay

9

Afak

Nefer

25/Al Badaa

1/9

732

Agricultural

un Available

Underground water/ 8-5m

Unsuitable

Wells

526800 3564760

8

Mixed clay

10

Afak

Nefer

14/ Alwa and Antakiya

2/9

182

Agricultural

un Available

Underground water/ 8m

Unsuitable

Wells

514240 3537800

8

Mixed clay

11

Afak

Nefer

27/Shat Al Nile

1, 11,6,7

5100

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

unsuitable

Surface irrigation

523123 35610783

8.2 To 10

Mixed clay

12

Afak

Nefer

27/Shat Al Nile

6

1000

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project 8m

unsuitable

Surface irrigation

5200050 3555950

7.9

Mixed clay

13

Afak

Center

24/um Al Toos 23/Kufaysha

1/1, ¼, 7/2,7/1,7/4,7/5,7/7,8,4,8/1,8/5, 16/1,16/2,16/3,16,4, 16,5,16,6,20/1,21,121,2,22/1

4500

Agriculture

Available

Irrigation project

Suitable

Surface irrigation

529333 3554474

7.8

Mixed clay

Total

27744 Dunam

Number of opportunities

13

Investment Opportunities in Diwaniyah Province/ Al Hamza District

Investment Opportunities in Diwaniyah Province/ Efak District