Al-Rifa'i District

30°17′54″N 48°16′21″E / 30.29833°N 48.27250°E / 30.29833; 48.27250

al-Rifai district قضاء الرفاعي
District
al-Rifai district
Coordinates: 31°43′14″N 46°06′28″E / 31.72056°N 46.10778°E / 31.72056; 46.10778
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Dhi Qar Governorate

Al-Rifai district (Arabic: قضاء الرفاعي) is an Iraqi district located in the Dhi Qar Governorate, 80 km north of Nasiriyah and 300 km south of Baghdad. Its name is attributed to Sheikh Ahmed al-Rifa'i, founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order. It includes the administrative center of the city of Al-Rifai and the towns Al Nasir, Al Fajir (ناحية الفجر) and Qalat Sukkar. The district has a population of 450,000 people^{[citation needed]}, mostly Arabs and Shias who work in agriculture, small business, and government jobs.^[1]