Samawah

Samawah
Arabic: ٱلسَّمَاوَة
City
Qaser Al Gaader Hotel in Samawah
Qaser Al Gaader Hotel in Samawah
Nickname: 
Samawa
Samawah is located in Iraq
Samawah
Samawah
Samawah's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 31°19′N 45°17′E / 31.317°N 45.283°E / 31.317; 45.283
Country Iraq
ProvinceMuthanna
Government
 • MayorAbdul Hussein Khalaf Hamza [1]
Elevation
9 m (29 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2011)
152,890 [2]
 • Rank20th [3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)No DST
Postal code
66001

Samawah or As-Samawah (Arabic: ٱلسَّمَاوَة, romanizedas-Samāwah) is a city in Iraq, 280 kilometres (174 mi) southeast of Baghdad.[4]

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.