Az Zubayr
{{About|the city in Iraq||Al-Zubayr (disambiguation)|and|Zubayr (disambiguation)}}
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| native_name = الزبير
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| settlement_type = City
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| subdivision_name1 = Basra
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| population = 370,000
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Az Zubayr ({{langx|ar|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.
The name is also sometimes written Al Zubayr, Al Zubair, Az Zubair, Zubair, Zoubair, El Zubair, or Zobier.
History of Zubayr
=Early history=
File:049 Street in Zubaire - USACE-p15141coll5-9423.jpeg
The city was named al-Zubayr because one of the Sahaba (companions) of Muhammad, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, was buried there.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
=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 have still.living peacefully and coexistence with the majority shia muslim population{{cite web |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/09/iraq-sectarian-displacement-basra.html |title=Southern Iraq Swept By Sectarian Displacement - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East |website=www.al-monitor.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927035544/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/09/iraq-sectarian-displacement-basra.html |archive-date=2013-09-27}}
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 {{convert|24.5|°C|1}}. About {{convert|139|mm|2|abbr=on}} of precipitation falls annually.
{{Weather box|location = Az Zubayr
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|Jan high C = 17.5
|Feb high C = 19.9
|Mar high C = 24.8
|Apr high C = 31.1
|May high C = 37.2
|Jun high C = 40.9
|Jul high C = 43.1
|Aug high C = 43.6
|Sep high C = 41.0
|Oct high C = 35.4
|Nov high C = 26.7
|Dec high C = 19.4
|Jan low C = 6.5
|Feb low C = 8.0
|Mar low C = 12.2
|Apr low C = 17.0
|May low C = 23.1
|Jun low C = 25.7
|Jul low C = 27.6
|Aug low C = 26.5
|Sep low C = 22.7
|Oct low C = 18.2
|Nov low C = 13.2
|Dec low C = 8.1
|Jan precipitation mm = 26
|Feb precipitation mm = 18
|Mar precipitation mm = 17
|Apr precipitation mm = 15
|May precipitation mm = 6
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 2
|Nov precipitation mm = 22
|Dec precipitation mm = 33
|year precipitation mm= 139
|source = Climate-Data.org, Climate data
|date=18 January 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090917142743/http://www.iraqimage.com/pages/browse/Zubair.html Iraq Image - Az Zubayr Satellite Observation]
{{Commons category-inline|Az Zubayr}}
{{Districts of Iraq}}