Basra Province

Basra Province ([البصرة Al Baṣra] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province in soothren Iraq, borderin Kuwait tae the sooth an Iran tae the east. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Basra. Ither districts o Basra include Al-Qurnah, Az Zubayr, Al Mudaynah, Shatt Al Arab, Abu Al Khaseeb an Al Faw locatit on the Persie Gulf.

Basra Govrenorate محافظة البصرة Basra Province
Province
Coordinates: 30°22′N 47°22′E
Kintra	Iraq
Caipital	Basra
Area
• Total	19070 km2 (7,360 sq mi)
Population  (2011 Estimate)
• Total	3,500,000

Ancient history

Further information: Sumer

Modren history

In 1920, efter the defeat o the Ottoman Empire in Warld War I, the Unitit Kinrick took ower the umwhile Ottoman vilayets o Basra, Baghdad an Mosul which haed thegither formed the historical region o Irak Arabi or Irak Babeli, an cried it the Breetish Mandate o Mesopotamie. The mandate wis succeedit bi the Kinrick o Iraq in 1932.

Provincial Govrenment

• Govrenor: Chltag Abboud Al Mayah
• Deputy Govrenor: Nezar Rabeea Al Jabri
• Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Jabbar Ameen Jabbar

See an aw

• Sumer
• Cradle o ceevilization