GENERAL FIGURES
LOCATIONS
As of January 2019, 100 locations were identified as facing drought and/or water scarcity.3 There are 58 locations in Missan Governorate, 22 in Muthanna, 11 in Basra and 9 in Thi-Qar. Locations are nearly all in rural areas (96 out of 100).
Compared to October 2018, the number of identified locations has decreased by 56% (127 locations: 93 in Muthanna, 27 in Missan, 6 in Basra and 1 in Thi-Qar). Urban locations make up 64% of these decreases. The urban locations in Al-Samawa district (Muthanna governorate) account for 93 locations where water scarcity has improved compared to October 2018. On the other hand, there are 18 new locations affected by drought in January 2019 compared to the October 2018 data in these four governorates. Seven of these locations are in Missan (5 in Al-Mejar Al Kabir district and 2 in Al-Maimouna district), six in Muthanna (4 in Al-Khidhir district and 2 in Al-Rumaitha district), four in Thi-Qar (3 in Al-Shatra district and 1 in Markaz Al-Nassriya district), and one in Basra located in Abu-Al-Khaseeb district.