City profile · Iraq · Asia
Qal‘at Sukkar
Dhi Qar · Iraq
City population
110,000
#41
in Iraq
#3
in Dhi Qar
#5,230
worldwide
31.863, 46.073 · 227 km from Baghdad
About Qal‘at Sukkar
Qal‘at Sukkar is a city in Dhi Qar, Iraq with a population of 110,000. It is the 41st largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, and the 5,230th largest worldwide. It lies 227 km from Baghdad.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Dhi Qar
Rank in region
#3of 4
Elevation
15 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
31.863, 46.073
Record updated
2026-03-01
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 95 in IraqClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.