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Explore Az Zubayr in Iraq

Az Zubayr in the region of Al Başrah with its 122,676 inhabitants is a town in Iraq - some 281 mi or ( 452 km ) South-East of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Az Zubayr is now 10:56 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Qasr Ibn Darahim, Mushrij, Karbala, Dirhamiyah, and Baghdad. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Qasr Ibn Darahim . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Az Zubayr ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Basra Sport City 360 Architecture

5:17 min by yasir alameen
Views: 6050 Rating: 5.00

Basra Sport City - 360 Architecture ..

Shell's Iraqi energy deal - 11 Nov 08

5:27 min by AlJazeeraEnglish
Views: 4170 Rating: 4.81

International oil company Shell has signed a $4bn deal to process natural gas at a plant in the Iraqi city of Basra. Mounir Bouaziz, Shell's gas and power vice president for new business development f ..


Al-Basrah Province - IRAQ محافظة البصرة العراقية

6:11 min by urukiiraqi
Views: 1649 Rating: 4.11

AL-Basrah province in Iraq is host to the ancient city of Basrah, the second largest city in Iraq and home to more Iraqi cities and ports like Az Zubayr, Al-Faw Grand Port, Umm Qasr Port, Abu Flous Po ..

Floating plants to ease Iraq power shortage

2:26 min by AlJazeeraEnglish
Views: 1376 Rating: 5.00

Nine years after the war and with billions of US dollars spent, electricity is still in short supply in Iraq. The government is looking to use electricity-generating ships to meet the expected uptick ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Az Zubayr

Az Zubayr or Zubair, is a town in Basra Governorate in Iraq, just south of Basra The name is also sometimes written Az Zubair, Zubair, Zoubair, El Zubair, or Zobier.

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Located at 30.38 47.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: District capitals of Iraq, Former emirates, Populated places in Basra Province

Shaibah

Shaibah is the name of a small village and a site of a military airfield near Az Zubayr, 7 miles south west of Basrah in Iraq. It was the site of RAF Shaibah from 1920 until 1956 when it was then handed over to the Iraqi Air Force. 3rd Indian Motor Brigade was reformed as 43rd Lorried Infantry Brigade here in December 1942-February 1943 during the Second World War.

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Located at 30.40 47.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Iraq–United Kingdom relations, Military history of Iraq, Populated places in Basra Province

Shaibah Air Base

Shaibah Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Basrah Governorate of Iraq. It was built in the 1980s for the Iraqi Air Force and abandoned after Operation Desert Storm in 1991. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Today, refurbished and known as Shaibah Airport, it is a small civilian airfield south of Basara in southeastern Iraq near the Kuwaiti Border, used by light private planes.

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Located at 30.43 47.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Closed facilities of the United States Air Force in Iraq, Iraqi Air Force bases

Basra Sports City

Basra Sports City is a sports complex in Basra, Southern Iraq.

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Located at 30.44 47.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Basra, Football venues in Iraq, Stadiums under construction

Kuwait Medical Association

Kuwait Medical Association was founded in October 1963. It is an establishment which provides and represents all doctors in Kuwait. The Kuwait Medical Association headquarters are in the Kuwait Medical Professionals building.

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Located at 30.48 47.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Organizations based in Kuwait

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Az Zubayr