Basra Governorate
governorate in southern Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basra or Al Basrah (Arabic: البصرة) is a province in the southeast of Iraq. It has an area of 19,070 square kilometres (7,360 sq mi). The capital is also called Basra. 2,565,893 people live in the province.
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