Basra

Basra is a port city in Southern Iraq, close to the border with Kuwait and Iran. It is Iraq's third largest city with a population of 2,150,000 (2017). Wikivoyage

Population 1,326,564 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iraq

• 104PolicePolice
• 115FireFire
• 122AmbulanceAmbulance
• 911AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iraq

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• البصره Viewpoint · 200 m
• الخليلية Attraction · 720 m
• شركة انترنيت Green 07703296768 Attraction · 800 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• كازينو لبنان 720 m across 1.2 km
• ساحة الاحتفالات 250 m across 1.2 km

Getting around

• تقاطع الطربية باتجاه بغداد 1.7 km
• كراج بغداد - الكراج الموحد 2.0 km
• كراج المربد 2.3 km
• محطة باصات العشار 2.5 km
• مرآب ام البروم 2.6 km
• كراج ام البروم 2.6 km

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