Place:Basra, Basra, Iraq

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NameBasra
Alt namesAl Basrahsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 338
Al-Baṣrahsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Basarasource: Wikipedia
Bassorahsource: Wikipedia
Başrahsource: Wikipedia
Bosrasource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Bosrâsource: GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
Bostrasource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Busrasource: Wikipedia
Busrahsource: Wikipedia
Busrâsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Bussorasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 121
Bussorahsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 121
TypeCity or town
Coordinates30.483°N 47.817°E
Located inBasra, Iraq     (638 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Basra is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr.

The city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 and has played an important role in Islamic Golden Age. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding . In April 2017, the Iraqi Parliament recognized Basra as Iraq's economic capital.

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