Umm Qasr

#165 among destinations in Iraq

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Umm Qasr 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. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. A bridge across the waterway linked the port with Kuwait prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War. ()

Alternative names: Population: 107.6 thous. (2020)Coordinates: 30°2'15"N, 47°55'18"E

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Al-BasrahIraq

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Nearby attractions include: Umm Qasr Port.

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Umm Qasr Port
38 min walk • Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr. Iraq's second port in scale of size and goods shipped to 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.