Al-Zubair District Explained

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 .

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