Qalat Sukar

This article is about the Iraqi village near Larsa. For the Iraqi commercial center, see Qalat Sukkar.
Qalat Sukar
Qal`at Saqr, Qal‘a Sagr
Qalat Sukar

Location in Iraq

Coordinates: 31°51′30″N 46°04′30″E / 31.85833°N 46.07500°ECoordinates: 31°51′30″N 46°04′30″E / 31.85833°N 46.07500°E
Country Iraq
Governorate Dhi Qar Governorate
Elevation 13 ft (4 m)

Qalat Sukar (Qal`at Saqr) is village in southern Iraq in the Dhi Qar Governorate. It is located on a ridge west of the Gharraf Canal (the old canal that the Sumerians dug up some 4000 years ago). Qalat Sukar is 6 km northeast of the remains of the ancient Sumerian city of Larsa.[1] A modern drainage canal separates Qalat Sukar from Larsa Tell.[1]

Because of the name, and the former marshlands in the area,[2] it is likely that Qalat Sukar was originally the site of a sugar mill,[3] after sugarcane was introduced into the area in the 9th century.[4]

The nearest city is An Nasiriyah, Iraq with a population of 587,000.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "31.3333°,45.8828° – 31.2858°,45.8536° : 5.964 km / 3.707 m (great circle distance)" (distance between Qalat Sukar and Larsa Tell), Movable Type Scripts, accessed 19 February 2009
  2. ↑ Dougherty, Raymond P. (1926) "An Archæological Survey in Southern Babylonia I" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research No. 23, pp. 15–28, p. 20
  3. ↑ cf. Tell es-Sukkar page 64 in Ibrahim, Mo 'Awiyah; Sauer, James Abbott and Yassine, Khair (1976) "The East Jordan Valley Survey, 1975" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research No. 222, pp. 41–66
  4. ↑ Yeats, John (1887) The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce (3rd ed.) George Philip & Son, London, p. 177, OCLC 6066004

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