Karbala Governorate ( ar, كربلاء ''Karbalāʾ'') is a

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of

Karbala Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...

, a holy city for Shia Muslims for housing the shrine of the revered

Imam Hussein Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

. The population is majority Shia. The governorate includes part of the artificial Lake Milh.

Provincial Government

*Governor:

Aqil Al-Turaihi Aqil Al-Turaihi or Aqeel al-Turaihi ( ar, عقيل الطريحي; ) is an Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia ...

*Deputy Governor: Jawad al-Hasnaw

*Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Abdul al-Al al-Yasser

Kerbala governate map

Districts

* Ain Al-Tamur District, Ain Al-Tamur *

Al-Hindiya Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( ar, الهندية) is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij ( ar, طويريج), which gives n ...

References

Governorates of Iraq Shia Islam {{Iraq-geo-stub