Al-Zubair District

District in Basra Governorate, Iraq
Al-Zubair District
Arabic: قضاء الزبير
District
Map of Basra Districts.
Map of Basra Districts.
Country Iraq
GovernoratesBasra Governorate
SeatAl-Zubair
Area
 • Total9,061 km2 (3,498 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total511,224
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Al-Zubair District (Arabic: قضاء الزبير) is a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It seat is the city of Al-Zubair. In the 1880s some Najd tribes immigrated to al-Zubair due to the fact that Najd had nothing to offer, but around 1945s they returned to their home (Saudi Arabia) after it has changed notably. In the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein hoped to make al-Zubair province number 19 and annex it to Kuwait after invading. The failure of the Invasion of Kuwait put rest to this idea. The district is majority Sunni of Maliki .

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