Al-Chibayish
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 الجبايش | |
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 Al-Chibayish from the air | |
| Nickname(s): City of the Marshes | |
  Al-Chibayish | |
| Coordinates: 30°57′17.7″N 46°58′30.3″E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Dhi Qar |
| District | Al-Chibayish |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 36,100[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Area code(s) | 01 |
Al-Chibayish is inhabited primarily by Marsh Arabs of the Beni Isad tribe. Al-Chibayish has historically been an important hub for the Marsh Arab people and a traditional boat-building center for their mashoof canoes.[2]
History
Al-Chibayish was the subject of a groundbreaking 1955 ethnographic study, Marsh Dwellers of the Euphrates Delta, by Iraqi anthropologist Shakir Mustafa Salim.[3]
Al-Chibayish was home to about 11,000 people in 1955.[3] Al-Chibayish's population dropped to less than 6,000 by 2003 as a result of Saddam Hussein's draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes and his associated campaign of violence against the Marsh Arabs, during which Al-Chibayish was attacked by military helicopters.[4] However, the population recovered and quintupled between 2001 and 2009, when it reached an estimated 30,416 people.[1]
References
- Brinkhoff, Thomas (July 1, 2015). "IRAQ". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- Kubba, Sam (2011). The Iraqi Marshlands and the Marsh Arabs: The Ma'dan, Their Culture and the Environment. Trans Pacific Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780863723339.
- سليم, شاكر مصطفى (1956). الچبايش: دراسة انثروبوجية لقرية في أهوارالعراق (in Arabic). بغداد: جامعة بغداد.
- Mohammad, Ahmed (13 May 2012). "الاهوار: الأهوار ترفض الاندثار وسكانها يتكيّفون مع النزوح الدائم بحثاً عن المياه". جريدة المدى. Retrieved 9 December 2018.