Al-Zubair District
| Al-Zubair District Arabic: قضاء الزبير | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |
 Iraq |
| Governorates | Basra Governorate |
| Seat | Al-Zubair |
| Time zone | AST (UTC+3) |
Al-Zubair District is a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It seat is the city of Al-Zubair, 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 Shia, but has a significant minority of Sunnis.
Districts of Basra Governorate, Al-Zubair in the west
Coordinates: 30°23′22″N 47°42′52″E / 30.38944°N 47.71444°E
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