Qalat Sukkar Explained
| Official Name: | Sikkar Castle |
| Other Name: | Qal‘at es Sikkar |
| Native Name: | قلعة سكر |
| Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iraq |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Dhi Qar Governorate |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 110000 |
| Timezone: | 5 |
| Coordinates: | 31.8589°N 46.0772°W |
| Elevation M: | 12 |
Qalat Sukkar (ar|قلعة سكر|Qal`at es Sikar|lit=Sugar Castle) is a town in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located on the Gharraf Canal.
Demographics
Qalat Sukkar has a population of 110,000.[1]
Location
Qalat Sukar is located on a ridge west of the Gharraf Canal (the old canal that the Sumerians dug up some 4000 years ago). Qalat Sukar is 6 km northeast of the remains of the ancient Sumerian city of Larsa.[2] A modern drainage canal separates Qalat Sukar from Larsa Tell.[2]
James Abbott Sauer and Khair Yassine, believe that because of the name, and the former marshlands in the area,[3] it is likely that Qalat Sukar was originally the site of a sugar mill,[4] constructed after sugarcane was introduced into the area in the ninth century.[5]
The nearest large city is An Nasiriyah, Iraq with a population of 587,000.
Airfield
During the Iraq War, the Qalat Sukkar Airfield was occupied by the US Marines and calledCamp Fenway.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: "Đī Qār: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population:Qal'at Sukkar" World Gazetteer. https://archive.today/20130105081824/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1235170606&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&srt=epnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500&geo=-1890. 5 January 2013. dead. World Gazetteer, accessed 19 February 2009
- http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-map.html?lat1=0.5468698322915566&long1=0.8008055421831093&lat2=0.5460408008968594&long2=0.8002964878179444&d=5.964460528454348 "31.3333°,45.8828° – 31.2858°,45.8536° : 5.964 km / 3.707 m (great circle distance)" (distance between Qalat Sukar and Larsa Tell)
- Dougherty, Raymond P; (1926); Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research; "An Archæological Survey in Southern Babylonia I;" No. 23; pp. 15–28
- Tell es-Sukkar in Ibrahim; Mo 'Awiyah; Sauer, James Abbott and Yassine, Khair; (1976); Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research; "The East Jordan Valley Survey, 1975;" No. 222, pp. 41–66
- Yeats, John (1887) The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce (3rd ed.) George Philip & Son, London, p. 177,
- http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/U.S.%20Marines%20in%20Iraq,%202003_Anthology%20and%20Annotated%20Bibliography_3.pdf "Charlie Company Leads BLT into Northern Iraq"
