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Main activities

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

Akad Heritage 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. UNISCO approved the historian location of AL Warkaa to join the
international heritage which granted the province an international reputation and
importance.

Infrastructures

- The Province has a vital location in the southern part of Iraq on the
International road linking Basra to Baghdad and international boarders.
- (Baghdad- Basra) railway line goes through the city with 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) general medical center.