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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 Kerbala 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.