Al-Chibayish
Sign in to saveAl-Chibayish is a town on the Euphrates River in Al-Chibayish District, Dhi Qar governorate, in southern Iraq. It is the capital of its eponymous district.
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- Iraq
- Located in
- Al-Chibayish District
- Capital of
- Al-Chibayish District
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Al-Chibayish is a town on the Euphrates River in Al-Chibayish District, Dhi Qar governorate, in southern Iraq. It is the capital of its eponymous district.
Al-Chibayish is inhabited primarily by Marsh Arabs of the Banu Asad tribe. Al-Chibayish has historically been an important hub for the Marsh Arab people and a traditional boat-building center for their mashoof canoes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Chibayish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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