Az Zubayr الزبير | |
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City | |
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  Az Zubayr | |
| Coordinates:30°23′N47°42′E / 30.383°N 47.700°E /30.383; 47.700 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Basra |
| District | Al-Zubayr |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 370,000 |
• Estimate (2018)[1] | 300,751 |
| Time zone | 3+ |
| Postal code | 61006 |
| Area code | 01 |
Az Zubayr (Arabic:الزبير) is a city in and the capital ofAl-Zubayr District, part of theBasra Governorate ofIraq. The city is just south ofBasra.
The name is also sometimes writtenAl Zubayr,Al Zubair,Az Zubair,Zubair,Zoubair,El Zubair, orZobier.
The city was named al-Zubayr because one of theSahaba (companions) of Hazrat Syedna Muhammad ﷺ , HazratZubayr ibn al-Awwam رضي اللّٰه عنه , is buried there.[citation needed]
By 2008, the city of Zubayr had a population of around 240,000 people and had grown to merge into theBasra metropolitan area with nearly 3 million inhabitants in total. As in Basra, the municipality of Zubayr currently has aShia majority and is barely distinguishable from Basra itself. But, contrary to Basra, Zubair is still home to a largeSunni minority and they are still living peacefully and in coexistence with the majorityShia Muslim population.[2]
Az Zubayr has ahot desert climate (Köppen climate classificationBWh). 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 | |||||||||||||
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