Overview Of Iraq’s Provinces

On October 30, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) released its latest quarterly report to Congress on the state of Iraq. As usual, it includes a breakdown of each of Iraq’s eighteen provinces. They cover the budgets, rankings of governance and development, the number of attacks, electricity supply, the number of internally displaced, amongst other information. Here is an overview of Iraq’s provinces with comparisons with the July SIGIR report when available.

Population
Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, and Sulaymaniya) 4,621,600
Baghdad 6,386,100
Ninewa 2,473,700
Basra 1,761,000
Babil 1,444,400
Dhi Qar 1,427,200
Diyala 1,373,900
Anbar 1,280,000
Salahaddin 1,077,800
Najaf 946,300
Wasit 941,800
Diwaniya/Qadisiyah 866,700
Tamim 839,100
Karbala 756,000
Maysan 743,400
Muthanna 536,300
Total: 27,475,300

Religion
Anbar: 99% Sunni, 1% Shiite
Babil: 5% Sunni, 95% Shiite
Baghdad: 20% Sunni, 80% Shiite
Basra: 100% Shiite
Dhi Qar: 100% Shiite
Diwaniya/Qadisiyah: 100% Shiite
Diyala: 52% Sunni, 58% Shiite
Karbala: 100% Shiite
Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya): 71% Sunni, 7% Shiite, 22% other
Maysan: 100% Shiite
Muthanna: 100% Shiite
Najaf: 100% Shiite
Ninewa: 42% Sunni, 5% Shiite, 53% other
Salahaddin: 96% Sunni, 4% Shiite
Tamim: 73% Sunni, 22% Shiite, 5% other
Wasit: 100% Shiite

Internally Displaced
Note: The large difference in figures from July to October is due to the fact that the numbers come from two different agencies. The July numbers come from the United States Agency for International Development, while the October ones come from the United States Embassy in Baghdad.
Anbar

• July 08: 64,536
• Oct 08: 79,763
• Difference: +15,227

Babil

• July 08: 77,914
• Oct 08: 25,839
• Difference: -52,075

Baghdad

• July 08: 563,771
• Oct 08: 1,785,680
• Difference: +1,221,909

Basra

• July 08: 35,718
• Oct 08: 46,060
• Difference: +10,342

Dhi Qar

• July 08: 47,825
• Oct 08: 1,966
• Difference: -45,859

Diwaniya/Qadisiyah

• July 08: 26,320
• Oct 08: 843
• Difference: -25,477

Diyala

• July 08: 103,426
• Oct 08: 550,477
• Difference: +447,051

Karbala

• July 08: 55,962
• Oct 08: 562
• Difference: 55,400

Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, and Sulaymaniya)

• July 08: Dohuk 104,948, Irbil 31,783, Sulaymaniya 79,762, total: 216,493
• Oct 08: 4,213
• Difference: -212,280

Maysan

• July 08: 46,948
• Oct 08: 281
• Total: -46,667

Muthanna

• July 08: 18,351
• Oct 08: 281
• Difference: -18,070

Najaf

• July 08: 58,032
• Oct 08: N/A
• Difference: N/A

Ninewa

• July 08: 106,750
• Oct 08: 158,683
• Difference: +51,933

Salahaddin

• July 08: 45,762
• Oct 08: 87,065
• Difference: +41,303

Tamim

• July 08: 36,202
• Oct 08: 59,541
• Difference: +23,339

Wasit

• July 08: 75,325
• Oct 08: 6,179
• Difference: -69,146

Total:

• July 08: 1,579,335
• Oct 08: 2,807,433
• Difference: +1,228,098

Date Iraq Given Control of Province:
Muthanna: July 2006
Dhi Qar: September 2006
Najaf: December 2006
Maysan: April 2007
Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya): May 2007
Karbala: October 2007
Basra: December 2007
Diwaniya/Qadisiyah: July 2008
Anbar: September 2008
Babil: October 2008
Wasit: October 2008
Tamim: Planned January 2009
Salahaddin: Planned January 2009
Diyala: Planned February 2009
Ninewa: Planned March 2009
Baghdad: Planned May 2009

Capital Budget and Spending
Note: Capital budget is money spent investing in infrastructure. Iraq’s provinces still have major problems spending their money. Maysan 41%, Anbar 42%, Babil 43%, Kurdistan 61%, Najaf 65% have done the best with their budget expenditures, while Diyala 0%, Basra 0.4%, Ninewa 0.4%, Muthanna 9%, Dhi Qar 17%, and Diwaniya/Qadisiyah 18% have done the worst.
Anbar

• 2007: $107 mil, 3.7% spent
• July 08: $192 mil, N/A
• Oct 08: $323.0 mil, 42% spent

Babil

• 2007: $127 mil, 49% spent
• July 08: $206 mil, 3% spent
• Oct 08: $200.8 mil, 43% spent

Baghdad

• 2007: $560 mil, 31% spent
• July 08: $884.5 mil, 2% spent
• Oct 08: $884.5 mil, 25% spent

Basra

• 2007: $195 mil, 21% spent
• July 08: $322 mil, 0% spent
• Oct 08: $306.1 mil, 0.4% spent

Dhi Qar

• 2007: $138 mil, 40% spent
• July 08: $219 mil, 0.1% spent
• Oct 08: $215.8 mil, 17% spent

Diwaniya/Qadisiyah

• 2007: $64 mil, 39% spent
• July 08: $137 mil, 0% spent
• Oct 08: $132.4 mil, 18% spent

Diyala

• 2007: $100 mil, N/A spent
• July 08: $167.9 mil, N/A
• Oct 08: $167.9 mil, 0% spent

Karbala

• 2007: $71 mil, 41% spent
• July 08: $170 mil, 4% spent
• Oct 08: $115.2 mil, 22% spent

Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya)

• 2007: $1.560 bil, 95% spent
• July 08: $2.528 bil, 11% spent
• Oct 08: $2.528 bil, 61% spent

Maysan

• 2007: $76 mil, 51% spent
• July 08: $124 mil, 14% spent
• Oct 08: $120.5 mil, 41% spent

Muthanna

• 2007: $52 mil, 19% spent
• July 08: $87 mil, N/A
• Oct 08: $83.4 mil, 9% spent

Najaf

• 2007: $88 mil, 64% spent
• July 08: $150 mil, 13% spent
• Oct 08: $142.3 mil, 65% spent

Ninewa

• 2007: $226 mil, 26% spent
• July 08: $359 mil/0% spent
• Oct 08: $357.7 mil, 0.4% spent

Salahaddin

• 2007: $93 mil, $34 mil
• July 08: $150 mil, 11% spent
• Oct 08: $147.4 mil, 25% spent

Tamim

• 2007: $91 mi, 34% spent
• July 08: $146 mil, 9% spent
• Oct 08: $143.5 mil, 26% spent

Wasit

• 2007: $83 mil, 41% spent
• July 08: $137 mil, 0.2% spent
• Oct 08: $134.7 mil, 25% spent

Provincial Reconstruction Teams Rankings
Note: The Provincial Reconstruction Teams work within Iraq’s provinces to improve governance and reconstruction. They have five rankings for Iraq’s provinces in terms of governance, political development, economic development, rule of law, and reconciliation. Babil, Baghdad, Dhi Qar, Diwaniya/Qadisiyah, Diyala, Karbala, Maysan, Muthanna, Najaf, and Wasit all improved. Anbar, Kurdistan, Ninewa, and Tamim had no changes. Salahaddin was the only province that received a declining ranking, while Basra had a mixed report.
PRT Rankings: 5 rankings:
1. Beginning: Little progress on decision-making, provision of services,
political participation, fighting corruption, basic freedoms, infrastructure, unemployment
2. Developing: Small improvements in economic development, government,
security. Still lack budget spending, basic freedoms, political participation, jobs, banks, fighting corruption
3. Sustaining: Getting better at working with national government, building
political parties, political participation, police. Still lacks coordination, appropriations, banks, still has tribal influences
4. Performing: Social and financial institutions and infrastructure working,
coordination, political participation, and transparency exists, banks opening, appropriations improving, transportation available, police and legal system building, security forces in the lead, tribes deferring to government
5. Self-reliance: Independent government with basic freedoms, security, political
and economic institutions working, religious tolerance, working legal system, security forces self-sufficient
Anbar: No change

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Sustaining
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Sustaining

Babil: Improvement

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Economic Development: Sustaining
• Rule of Law: Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Beginning

Baghdad: Improvement

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Developing
• Economic Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Rule of Law: Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Developing

Basra: Mixed

• Governance: Improved to Performing
• Political Development: Sustaining
• Economic Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Rule of Law: Decreased to Beginning
• Reconciliation: Sustaining

Dhi Qar: Improvement

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Sustaining
• Economic Development: Sustaining
• Rule of Law: Increased to Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Increased to Sustaining

Diwaniya/Qadisiyah: Improvement

• Governance: Improved to Sustaining
• Political Development: Developing
• Economic Development: Improved to Developing
• Rule of Law: Improved to Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Beginning

Diyala: Improvement

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Improved to Developing
• Reconciliation: Developing

Karbala: Improvement

• Governance: Improved to Sustaining
• Political Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Improved to Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Developing

Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya): No change

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Performing
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Performing

Maysan: Improvement

• Governance: Improved to Developing
• Political Development: Developing
• Economic Development: Beginning
• Rule of Law: Developing
• Reconciliation: Sustaining

Muthanna: Improvement

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Beginning
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Improved to Developing
• Reconciliation: Self-Reliant

Najaf: Improvement

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Economic Development: Sustaining
• Rule of Law: Improved to Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Improved to Sustaining

Ninewa: No change

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Developing
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Sustaining
• Reconciliation: Beginning

Salahaddin: Decrease

• Governance: Sustaining
• Political Development: Decreased to Developing
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Developing
• Reconciliation: Developing

Tamim: No Change

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Sustaining
• Economic Development: Developing
• Rule of Law: Developing
• Reconciliation: Developing

Wasit: Improvement

• Governance: Developing
• Political Development: Improved to Sustaining
• Economic Development: Improved to Developing
• Rule of Law: Developing
• Reconciliation: Beginning

Total Number of Attacks:
Note: Overall attacks recorded in the October report were down 64.4% from April 1 to September 30, 2008. Baghdad is still the most violent province, but saw a huge drop in attacks between the two reporting periods. That was due to the cessation of operations in Sadr City. Tamim, Anbar, Diyala, and Ninewa are the other provinces still seeing large amounts of violence, and the attack numbers there barely changed. Salahaddin however did see a large drop. In southern provinces such as Babil and Dhi Qar, most of the attacks are due to Iranian-backed Special Groups and members of the Mahdi Army not heading Sadr’s cease-fire.

Anbar

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 275
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 209

Babil

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 81
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 54

Baghdad

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 2,221
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 867

Basra

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 108
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 26

Dhi Qar

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 17
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 21

Diwaniya/Qadisiyah

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 17
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 7

Diyala

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 537
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 533

Karbala

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 1
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 4

Kurdistan

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 3
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 6

Maysan

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 12
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 43

Muthanna

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 2
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 1

Najaf

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 4
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 1

Ninewa

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 1,041
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 924

Salahaddin

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 717
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 486

Tamim

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 248
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 245

Wasit

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 34
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 8

Totals

• 4/1/08-7/1/08: 5,318
• 7/1/08-9/30/08: 3,425

Difference: 64.4% decrease

Electricity Supply And Demand
Note: All of the following numbers are averages for the reporting period, July to October 2008.

Anbar: Supply: 4,728 megawatts/Demand: 7,488 megawatts
Babil: Supply: 4,378 megawatts /Demand: 9,678 megawatts
Baghdad: Supply: 28,863 megawatts/Demand: 60,246 megawatts
Basra: Supply: 15,576 megawatts/Demand: 20,966 megawatts
Dhi Qar: Supply: 6,030 megawatts/Demand: 9,215 megawatts
Diwaniya/Qadisiyah: Supply: 2,925 megawatts/Demand: 5,760 megawatts
Diyala: Supply: 3,256 megawatts /Demand: 5,299 megawatts
Karbala: Supply: 3,035 megawatts/Demand: 6,222 megawatts
Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya): Supply 12,725 megawatts/Demand: 20,746 megawatts
Maysan: Supply: 2,747 megawatts/Demand: 6,222 megawatts
Muthanna: Supply 2,380 megawatts/Demand: 4,610 megawatts
Najaf: Supply 3,999 megawatts/Demand: 8,525 megawatts
Ninewa: Supply 9,751 megawatts/Demand: 19,359 megawatts
Salahaddin: Supply 5,359 megawatts/Demand 8,754 megawatts
Tamim: Supply 4,291 megawatts/Demand: 7,373 megawatts
Wasit: Supply 3,089 megawatts/Demand: 6,914 megawatts
Totals: Supply: 113,141 megawatts/Demand: 207,377

SOURCES

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, “Quarterly and Semiannual Report to the United States Congress,” 7/30/08
- “Quarterly report to the United States Congress,” 10/30/08