Al-Chibayish District Explained

Al-Chibayish District
Native Name:قضاء الجبايش
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iraq
Subdivision Type1:Governorates
Subdivision Name1:Dhi Qar Governorate
Area Total Km2:2372.5
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:105,147
Population Density Km2:44.32
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:+3
Elevation M:17
Elevation Ft:56
Area Code:+964

Al-Chibayish District is a district of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located to the east of Nasiriyah and northwest of Basra Governorate. The district capital is Al-Chibayish. The district's geography is dominated by the Hammar Marshes, a subset of the Mesopotamian Marshes, and by the Euphrates River that feeds the marshes.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: هذه ذي قار . . 2014 . الموقع الرسمي لهيئة استثمار ذي قار . حكومة محافظة ذي قار . 23 July 2018 . 6 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181206043607/http://www.thiqarinvest.gov.iq/this-dhi-qar.html . dead .
  2. News: بالأرقام .. تعرف على عدد سكان محافظة ذي قار. عين العراق نيوز. 20 December 2017. 23 July 2018.