Al-Zubair District | |
Native Name: | Arabic: قضاء الزبير |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorates |
Subdivision Name1: | Basra Governorate |
Seat: | Al-Zubair |
Area Total Km2: | 9061 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 511,224 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
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 .