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Umm Qasr (Arabic: أم قصر, also transliterated as Um-qasir, Um-qasser, Um Qasr. Kurdish: ئومقەسڕ, Ûmqêsir) is a port city in southern Iraq.It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf.
Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr.. Iraq's second biggest port in scale of size and goods shipped, ranking behind the port of Basra, it is strategically important, located on the western edge of the al-Faw peninsula, where the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway enters the Persian Gulf.
List of ports in Iraq. 1 language. ... Umm Qasr Port This page was last edited on 27 October 2024, at 16:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pages in category "Port cities and towns in Iraq" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Port cities and towns in Iraq (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Ports and harbours of Iraq" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Governorates of Iraq map Iraq Population Density, 2000. ... City or Town Governorate 1987 Census 2009 Estimate 2018 Estimate [1] 1 Baghdad: Baghdad: 3,841,268 5,521,242
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The Port of Basra began operations in 1919, having been constructed under the aegis of the British Army, who occupied Mesopotamia during the First World War.Iraq's first modern port, it was intended by the British to serve as a major commercial and mercantile hub, servicing Basra itself but also acting as a valuable economic bridge between Europe and Asia.