Place:Basra, Iraq

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NameBasra
Alt namesAl Basrah provincesource: Wikipedia
Al-Basrahsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 292
Al-Baṣrahsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Al-Baṣrah governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Basrasource: War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
Basra provincesource: Wikipedia
Basrah Governoratesource: Wikipedia
Muāfaat Al-Baṣrahsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Saddamiyat al-Mitlasource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 624
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates30.05°N 47.85°E
Located inIraq
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abū al-Khaṣīb
Al-Fāw
Al-Qurnah
Az-Zubayr
Basra ( 638 - )
Kibāsī
Shu aiba
Umm Qasr
Ţirād Khurr
Ṣafwān
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Basra Governorate (or Basra Province) is a governorate in southern Iraq, bordering Kuwait to the south and Iran to the east. The capital is the city of Basra, located in the Basrah district. Other districts of Basra include Al-Qurna, Al-Zubair, Al-Midaina, Shatt Al-Arab, Abu Al-Khaseeb and Al-Faw located on the Persian Gulf. It is the only governorate with a coastline.

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