Qalat Sukkar () is a town in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located on the Gharraf Canal.
Demographics Qalat Sukkar has a population of 110,000. World Gazetteer, accessed 19 February 2009
Location Qalat Sukar 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."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 A modern drainage canal separates Qalat Sukar from Larsa Tell.
James Abbott Sauer and Khair Yassine, believe that because of the name, and the former marshlands in the area,Dougherty, Raymond P; (1926); Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research; "An Archæological Survey in Southern Babylonia I;" No. 23; pp. 15–28 it is likely that Qalat Sukar was originally the site of a sugar mill,Tell es-Sukkar in Ibrahim; Mo 'Awiyah; Sauer, James Abbott and Yassine, Khair; (1976); Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research; "The East Jordan Valley Survey, 1975;" No. 222, pp. 41–66 constructed after sugarcane was introduced into the area in the ninth century.Yeats, John (1887) The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce (3rd ed.) George Philip & Son, London, p. 177,
The nearest large city is An Nasiriyah, Iraq with a population of 587,000.
Airfield During the Iraq War, the Qalat Sukkar Airfield was occupied by the US Marines and called Camp Fenway."Charlie Company Leads BLT into Northern Iraq"; Kennedy, Christopher M.; (2006); "U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2003 Anthology and Annotated Bibliography;" History Division, U.S. Marine Corps; Washington, D.C.; p. 97;
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External links "Qal`at Sukkar, Iraq", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.