Chibayish District

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Chibayish District is an administrative district in southern Iraq known for encompassing much of the Mesopotamian Marshes and their traditional Marsh Arab communities.

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Chibayish District canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
affectedBy drainage of Mesopotamian Marshes ⓘ
marshland restoration projects ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
contains Central Marshes ⓘ
Hammar Marshes ⓘ
Mesopotamian Marshes ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Chibayish ⓘ
hasConservationStatus partially restored marshlands ⓘ
hasEcosystemType marshland ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasFeature biodiverse wetland habitats ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Islam ⓘ
hasMajorSect Shia Islam ⓘ
hasPopulationGroup Marsh Arabs ⓘ
Shia Arabs ⓘ
hasSettlementType district ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction boat tours in the marshes ⓘ
traditional mudhif reed houses ⓘ
hasTourismType ecotourism ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
reed harvesting ⓘ
water buffalo breeding ⓘ
hasWildlife migratory birds ⓘ
water buffalo ⓘ
inhabitedBy Marsh Arabs ⓘ
knownFor reed house architecture ⓘ
traditional Marsh Arab culture ⓘ
water buffalo herding ⓘ
wetland ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
near Nasiriyah ⓘ
partOf Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ
Republic of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi state
partOfRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
relatedTo Mesopotamian Marshes World Heritage Site ⓘ
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dhi Qar Governorate → hasDistrict → Chibayish District ⓘ