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Coordinates: 30°23′22″N 47°42′52″E / 30.38944°N 47.71444°E / 30.38944; 47.71444
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Al-Zubair District
Arabic: قضاء الزبير
Country Iraq
GovernoratesBasra Governorate
SeatAl-Zubair
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

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

30°23′22″N 47°42′52″E / 30.38944°N 47.71444°E / 30.38944; 47.71444