Qal'at Saleh District
District in Maysan Governorate, Iraq
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Qal'at Saleh District (Arabic: قضاء قلعة صالح, romanized: Qalˤat Ṣāleḥ) is a district of the Maysan Governorate, Iraq.
Qal'at Saleh District
قضاء قلعة صالح | |
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 Interactive map of Qal'at Saleh District | |
| 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] Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon, a 20th-century Mandaean priest, lived in Liṭlaṭa for most of his life.[2]
Notable Mandaeans who were born in Qal'at Saleh include the Mandaean priest Abdullah bar Sam and his son Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.[2]
