Nasiriyah is a city in Iraq. It is on the Euphrates River about 225 miles (370 km) southeast of Baghdad, near the ruins of the ancient city of Ur. It is the capital of the province of Dhi Qar. According to the 1987 census the city had a population of 265,937 people; the estimated population in 2003 was 560,200. Nasiriyah is Iraq's fourth most populated city after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul.
The population of Nasiriyah is nearly exclusively Shī‘a Muslims. It is made up of Shī‘a clans including the Shuwaili tribe led by the Khairallah sheikhs. After the failed uprising of 1991, many families were massacred by Saddam Hussein's forces whilst thousands fled from Iraq to other countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Sweden.
Nasiriyah is the centre of a date-growing area, but many other agricultural products are produced here as well. The city's industries include boatbuilding, carpentry and silver working. |
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