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<p><b>Maysan Governorate</b>  is a <a href="page.php?w=Governorates_of_Iraq">governorate</a> in southeastern <a href="page.php?w=Iraq">Iraq</a>, bordering <a href="page.php?w=Iran">Iran</a>. Its administrative centre is the city of <a href="page.php?w=Amarah">Amarah</a>, and it is composed of six districts. Before 1976, it was named Amara Province.</p>

<p><big>Etymology</big></p>
<p>This region was called Messène <i>???????</i> by <a href="page.php?w=Ancient_Greeks">Ancient Greeks</a> (<a href="page.php?w=Strabo">Strabo</a>), Misan (????) in <a href="page.php?w=Classical_Syriac">Syriac</a>.</p><p>
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