Back محافظة واسط Arabic ܘܐܣܛ (ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ) ARC واسط (محافظه) ARZ Vasit mühafəzəsi Azerbaijani واسط اوستانی AZB Үәсит (мөхәфаҙа) Bashkir Уасит Bulgarian ওয়াসিত প্রদেশ Bengali/Bangla Muhafazat Wasit CEB پارێزگای واسیت CKB
Wasit Province واسط Wasit Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
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| Coordinates: 32°40′N 45°45′E / 32.667°N 45.750°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Caipital | Al Kut |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17153 km2 (6,623 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 913,000 |
Wasit Province ([واسط Wāsit] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province in eastren Iraq. Its name comes frae the Arabic wird meanin "middle," as it lees alang the Tigris aboot midwey atween Baghdad an Basra. Its major ceeties include the caipital Al Kut, Al-Hai, an the ceety Wasit. Prior tae 1976 it wis kent as Kut Province.