Qal'at Saleh District
Qal'at Saleh District (Arabic: قضاء قلعة صالح) is a district of the Maysan Governorate, Iraq.
Qal'at Saleh District
قضاء قلعة صالح | |
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| Coordinates: 31°37′53.223″N 47°16′47.136″E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Maysan Governorate |
| Seat | Qal'at Saleh |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Its district centre is Qal'at Saleh, a town of an estimated 40,000 inhabitants, located on the riverbanks of the Tigris, along the road that links Basra to Amarah, a mere 40 km away. Qalat Saleh's nearest towns are the district centres of Al-Majar Al Kabeer (20 km north-west), Al Kahlaa (17 km north), and Al Azeer (29 km south).
Mandaean community
The town of Liṭlaṭa in Qal'at Saleh District was the site of a Mandaean bit manda (temple) that the British scholar E. S. Drower often visited.[1]
References
- Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
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