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Basra

Western Asia

Basra is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,485,000 1
Area (sq km)
181 2
Founding Year
636 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
5 1
Latitude
30.515 degrees north 1
Longitude
47.81 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
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Associated With

Basra Governorate, States or Territories

basra is associated with basra-governorate.

Source Basra Governorate (Wikipedia)
Iraq, Countries
Source Basra (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Basra Governorate, States or Territories

basra is the capital of basra-governorate.

Source Basra Governorate (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Abu Amr al-Basri

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Al-Duri an Abu Amr

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Al-Hasan al-Basri

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Al-Susi an Abu Amr

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Al-Yazidi al-Basri

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Rawh an Yaqub

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Ruways an Yaqub

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Yaqub al-Hadrami

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Site Of

Mashallah ibn Athari

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Rabia al-Adawiyya

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Source Rabia al-Adawiyya (Wikipedia)lead paragraph
Quote, lead paragraph
716 – 801 CE) or Rabia Basri was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious figure from Basra.
Sources
1. Basra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Basra is a port city in southern Iraq.
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,485,000
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2024
  • Infobox, Elevation
    5 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    30.51500N 47.81000E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    30.51500N 47.81000E
  • Lead section
    Built in 636 as a military camp, Basra played an important role as a regional hub of knowledge, trade and commerce during the Islamic Golden Age and is home to the first mosque built outside the Arabian Peninsula.
  • Associated With: Iraq, Infobox, Country
    Iraq
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2. Basra (Wikidata)
  • P2046 (area)
    area 181.0 sq km
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Basrah - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 99532
    30.50852 47.7804 P PPLA IQ 02 99534 1326564 4 Asia/Baghdad
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 4 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 47.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 47.75
30.75 47.75 BWh
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Basra Governorate (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Quote, Infobox, capital
Basra
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Wikidata: Basra
Wikidata Q48195, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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