Patterns of Human Settlement Centers in Karbala Governorate

Abstract

    The research aims to know the distribution patterns of human settlement centers in Karbala Governorate using quantitative methods represented by the cadastral center point, the median point, and the central point, in addition to using Chi-square and the nearest neighbor comparison, as the number of human settlement centers reached 295 settlement centers according to the population statistics for the year 2016 and based on the results The research revealed three patterns of distribution: (random pattern, divergent pattern, and convergent pattern), The Karbala governorate took a convergent pattern, and the Karbala district and the Western Creek took a random pattern, while the divergent pattern prevailed in the districts (Al-Harr, Al-Husseiniyah, Ain Al-Tamar, Al-Hindiyya, Al-Khairat district), and this distribution was the result of the influence of a number of natural factors, the most important of which are water resources, and the others are human, the most influential of which are It is the religious factor that made it one of the areas that attract residents.