County is located " Wasit " in the central part of Iraq , and about 172 km from the capital, " Baghdad " and bordered by the provinces " of Baghdad and Diyala " from the north, to the south by the province, " Maysan " , which lies 206 km and the province, " Dhi Qar " 204 km , and to the west of the province " Babylon , "which is separated by 274 km and the south -west province " Diwaniya " , which lies 192 km , and lies to the east of the international borders of Iraq with " Iran. “ Thus, the province of " Wasit " enjoys a strategic geographical location of its proximity to most of the central and southern provinces and the capital, " Baghdad " , where the average distance between the center of the province and the provinces 276 km , as well as the proximity of the best outlets exchange ( border crossing ) with Iran, 70 km , from the center of the province. The area of ? ? the province, " Wasit " 17153 km and thus representing a percentage of 3.9% of the total area of ? ? Iraq , mostly arable , and are available in the province, sources of irrigation where the river flows through " Tigris " out of the north to the south and in the city of " Kut " located Kut Barrage famous which was built in 1937 , which branched ones River " Garraf " The River " Dujailah " , and there are a wide range of channels and other rivers , which is located by a number of small dams and barrages . In maintaining agricultural projects and land reclaimed wide where the province is famous for its agriculture, the most important crops of wheat , barley , maize , rice or rice , cotton and sunflower , as well as other crops , vegetables and fruit sizes and wide . Most of the cultivated land based irrigation whether Alchrista or by proxy and average annual rainfall by 385 mm , an area plain is climate transitional climate between the Mediterranean and the desert climate of hot, dry and rates of temperature in the month of July, the current 42 degrees Celsius , while up rates during the month of January is about 10 degrees Celsius . In addition, to maintain the reservoirs contain significant oil and various metals . The population of the province, " Wasit " for the year 2006, according to the results of population projections 1,032,838 people, make up a ratio of 50.2% of the total population in the province, and a sex ratio of 101 males for every 100 girls reached the urban population 539 692 people, of 52.4 % of the total population . Characterized by the presence of the Tigris River and dams on the river and artificial lakes . The ground in the city of Wasit is fertile flat land suitable for agricultural production . The space reclaimed land was large , especially after the issuance of Agrarian Reform Law year in Iraq in 1952 , Wasit city famous for its flattened flat , that the presence of the Tigris River , which runs through the city enabled them to possess certain types of fish the river , which is famous for this region and are characterized by all other cities , the site of this city is a point Ssal between the southern regions and central Iraq for this possessed of great significance from the ancient times , where he said the pilgrim old Ibn Battuta ( Wasit by the media guides goodness saw them and gift to consider watching , and her family of choice folks Iraq ).