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Samawah

thumb|Euphrates flowing through Samawah Samawah or As-Samawah () is a city in Iraq, 280 kilometres (174 mi) southeast of Baghdad.

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Place details

Locality: السماوة
Region: محافظة المثنى
Country: العراق
Population: 152,890
Timezone: Asia/Baghdad

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Samawah
Settlement.nickname: Samawa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Qaser Al Gaader Hotel in Samawah
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iraq
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Samawah's location inside Iraq
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Muthanna
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Abdul Hussein Khalaf Hamza
Settlement.unit_pref: metric
Settlement.population_est: 152890
Settlement.pop_est_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_rank: 20th
Settlement.timezone: Arabia Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.timezone_DST: No DST

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Wikidata facts

Population: 215000
Elevation: 9
Image: مدينة السماوة.jpg

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Commons category: Samawah
postal code: 66001
P8168: Friedrich von Hermann
P12749: 2014 IIHF World Championship

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History and attractions
Early history
Modern history
Post-Saddam era
Geography
Climate
Religion
Economy
Reaching Samawah
Samawah artists and personalities
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thumb|Euphrates flowing through Samawah Samawah or As-Samawah () is a city in Iraq, 280 kilometres (174 mi) southeast of Baghdad.

The city of Samawah is the modern capital of the Al Muthanna Governorate. The city is located midway between Baghdad and Basra, at the northern edge of the governorate. The province was established in 1975; prior to that date it was a unified province along with Qadissiya (Diwaniya) and Najaf.