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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 | |
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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 |
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.
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