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Wasit Governorate

Wasit Governorate is a governorate in eastern , south-east of and bordering . Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. Major cities include the capital Al-Kut, Al-Hai and .
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  • Type: State with 1,450,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Kūt”, “Kut”, “Kūt al Imāra”, “Liwā’ al Kūt”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Wāsiţ”, and “Wasit”

Wasit Governorate

Latitude
32.6945° or 32° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
45.6848° or 45° 41′ 5″ east
Population
1,450,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8H47MMVM+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2914855231
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
89693
Wiki­data ID
Q189747
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wasit Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة واسط”
  • Arabic: “واسط”
  • Arabic: “واسط‎”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vasit mühafəzəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Үәсит (мөхәфаҙа)”
  • Bashkir: “Үәсит”
  • Basque: “Wasit probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Васіт”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াসিত গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াসিত প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Уасит”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Wasit”
  • Catalan: “Wasit”
  • Cebuano: “Muhafazat Wasit”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای واسیت”
  • Central Kurdish: “واسیت”
  • Chinese: “Wasit Séng”
  • Chinese: “瓦西特省”
  • Chinese: “華薛省”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Wásit”
  • Czech: “Provincie Wásit”
  • Czech: “Wásit”
  • Danish: “Wasit”
  • Dutch: “Wasit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واسط”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Ŭasit”
  • Estonian: “Wasit”
  • Estonian: “Wāsiţ”
  • Estonian: “Wasiti kubernerkond”
  • Estonian: “Wāsiţi kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Wasit”
  • French: “Wasit”
  • French: “Wâsit”
  • French: “Wassit”
  • Georgian: “ვასიტის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “al-Wasit”
  • German: “IQ-WA”
  • German: “Provinz al-Wasit”
  • German: “Wasit”
  • Greek: “Βάσιτ”
  • Gujarati: “વશિત ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “ואסט”
  • Hebrew: “ואסית”
  • Hindi: “वासित गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “वासित प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Vászit kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat Wasit”
  • Indonesian: “Governorat Wasith”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Wasit”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Wasit”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Wasit”
  • Japanese: “ワーシト”
  • Japanese: “ワーシト県”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಸಿತ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “와시트주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Wasit”
  • Kurdish: “Wasit”
  • Kurdish: “واست”
  • Latvian: “Vāsitas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Vasito gubernija”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Wasit”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Wasith”
  • Marathi: “वासिट गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “واسط اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wasit Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wasit”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wasit guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Wasit”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܘܐܣܛ”
  • Persian: “استان واسط”
  • Polish: “Wasit”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Wasit”
  • Portuguese: “Uacite”
  • Romanian: “Wasit”
  • Russian: “Васит”
  • Scots: “Wasit Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Wasit Province”
  • Sinhala: “වෙයිස්ට් පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovak: “Wásit”
  • Slovenian: “Wásit”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واسط اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Wasit”
  • Swedish: “Wasit”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Vosit”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Восит”
  • Tamil: “வசிட் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “వాసిట్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการวาซิฏ”
  • Turkish: “Vasıt ili”
  • Turkish: “Vasıt”
  • Ukrainian: “Васит”
  • Ukrainian: “Васіт”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ واسط”
  • Uzbek: “Vosit muhofazasi”
  • Venetian: “goernatorà de Wasit”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Wasit”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wasit (gobernador)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wasit”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուասիթ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ واسط”
  • Yue Chinese: “華薛省”

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