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Main Activities:
توكلا دس
- Agricultural.
- Livestock.
- Crude oil extraction.
- Border port

Economic at a Glance

The Provinces 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, rice 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 seasonal rivers and underground waters. Livestock is also of great importance
to the national economy and the economy of the province, it contributes to providing
raw materials for the industrial sector. The governorate is famous for producing
poultry meat, fish fields and honey bees.

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, 3 private
collages (Al Kut Collage, Imam Al Kadhim Collage, and Al Wasity Collage) and a
number of technical institutions, 754 primary school; 222 secondary school and some
technical schools.

Health
Province of Wasit has 10 public and private hospital, 47 health center and 33 clinics.

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.