Suq al-Shuyukh District

Suq Al-Shuyukh District

قضاء سوق الشيوخ
Suq Al-Shuyukh District قضاء سوق الشيوخ
District
	Suq Al-Shuyukh District
	Coordinates: 30°53′25″N 46°27′45″E / 30.89028°N 46.46250°E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Dhi Qar Governorate
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Suq Al-Shuyukh District (Arabic: قضاء سوق الشيوخ; also called Suq al-Shoyokh District) is a district of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Suq al-Shuyukh is a small town surrounded by date palm orchards and located on the right bank of the Euphrates, at the western end of the Hawr al-Hammar lake and wetlands,^[1] about 40 km southeast of Nasiriya.^[1] Suq al-Shuyukh is a center of date and rice cultivation, which takes place in the areas to the north and west of the lake.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kramers, J.H. (1997). "SŪḲ AL-SHUYŪKH". In Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P.; Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. IX (SAN-SZE) (PDF). Leiden: Brill. pp. 801–2. ISBN 90-04-10422-4. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[Kramers_1997-1] Kramers, J.H. (1997). "SŪḲ AL-SHUYŪKH". In Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P.; Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. IX (SAN-SZE) (PDF). Leiden: Brill. pp. 801–2. ISBN 90-04-10422-4. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[1]