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Main activities

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

Infrastructures:
Archeological Harp
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 international
highway
- 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.