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.