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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 Uthaim River in addition to Himreen and Uthaim lakes with maximum
storage capacity 5.5 bm³ and Qazaniya and Mendly dams with storage capacity of
1.25 mm³ 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 Uthaim, 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 844 primary school in
Diyala; 44 kindergarten, more than 409 secondary school; 15 technical school 2
institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and one technical institute.

Health:

Diyala has 10 governmental hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 54 main medical center and
39 clinics.