Basra (irq)

Basra

Basra ranks 566th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pristina, Bissau, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Memorable people born in Basra include Ibn al-Haytham, Rabia of Basra, and Al-Ash'ari. Memorable people who died in Basra include Rabia of Basra, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, and Abu Dawood. Basra has been the birth place of many religious figures, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and writers. Basra is located in Iraq.

Basra is a city in southern Iraq 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. However, there is ongoing construction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq's geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish a large naval base in the Faw peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia