Basra Governorate

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Basra_Governorate

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:province
gptkbp:area	19,070 km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Iran gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Al-Qadisiyyah_Governorate gptkb:Dhi_Qar_Governorate gptkb:Maysan_Governorate
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Abu_Al-Khaseeb gptkb:Abu_Al-Khaseeb_District gptkb:Al-Faw_District gptkb:Al-Faw_Peninsula gptkb:Al-Midaina_District gptkb:Al-Qurna gptkb:Al-Qurna_District gptkb:Al-Zubair gptkb:Al-Zubair_District gptkb:Basra_District gptkb:Majnoon_oil_field gptkb:Rumaila_oil_field gptkb:Shatt_al-Arab_District gptkb:Umm_Qasr_Port gptkb:West_Qurna_oil_field gptkb:Zubair_oil_field
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:established	1920s
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Arabs gptkb:Assyrians gptkb:Mandaeans gptkb:Persians
gptkbp:governor	gptkb:Asaad_Abdulameer_Al_Eidani
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Basra Governorate
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	IQ-BA
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:locatedIn	southern Iraq
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Shatt_al-Arab
gptkbp:notable_for	oil production marshlands port access
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Iran–Iraq_War gptkb:Basra_protests
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:population	about 2,923,000
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam gptkb:Mandaeism
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode	gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:website	http://www.basra.gov.iq/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5