Az Zubayr
Az Zubayr
الزبير | |
|---|---|
City | |
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  Az Zubayr Location within Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 30°23′N 47°42′E / 30.383°N 47.700°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Basra |
| District | Al-Zubayr |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 370,000 |
| 300,751 | |
| Time zone | 3+ |
| Postal code | 61006 |
| Area code | 01 |
Az Zubayr (Arabic: الزبير) is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubayr District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra.
History of Zubayr
Early history
The city was named al-Zubayr because one of the Sahaba (companions) of Muhammad, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, was buried there.
The city had a large Najdi (now central Saudi Arabia) population who migrated for over four centuries. They built the first neighborhood, Al‑Kut, which still bears that name, establishing Zubair in 1003 AH as a Najdi settlement. The Najdis worked as merchants and the town expanded significantly, becoming larger and more developed than Kuwait.[2]
21st century
By 2008, the city of Zubayr had a population of around 240,000 people and had grown to merge into the Basra metropolitan area with nearly 3 million inhabitants in total. As in Basra, the municipality of Zubayr currently has a Shia majority and is barely distinguishable from Basra itself. But, contrary to Basra, Zubair is still home to a large Sunni minority and they are still living peacefully and in coexistence with the majority Shia Muslim population.[3]
Climate
Az Zubayr has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Az Zubayr is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F). About 139 mm (5.47 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Az Zubayr | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40.9 (105.6) |
43.1 (109.6) |
43.6 (110.5) |
41.0 (105.8) |
35.4 (95.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26 (1.0) |
18 (0.7) |
17 (0.7) |
15 (0.6) |
6 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
22 (0.9) |
33 (1.3) |
139 (5.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Iraq: Governorates & Cities".
- ↑ "Al‑Zubair: Saudi‑Roots in Iraq Established by Najdi Migrants". The King Saud Library. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Southern Iraq Swept By Sectarian Displacement - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
External links
Media related to Az Zubayr at Wikimedia Commons