Umm Qasr
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Umm Qasr (Arabic: أم قصر, also transliterated as Um-qasir, Um-qasser, Um Qasr. Kurdish:ئومقەسڕ , Ûmqêsir) is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. A bridge across the waterway linked the port with Kuwait prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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Umm Qasr
أم قصر Um-qasir, Um-qasser | |
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Etymology: Mother of a Palace | |
Coordinates: 30°02′03″N 47°55′46″E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Basra |
District | Al-Zubair District |
Extant as village | 1903 |
Port constructed | 1958 |
Elevation | 9 m (32 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 107,620[3] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
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