Basra Governorate

E344294

Governorate of Iraq

Basra Governorate is an oil-rich, strategically important province in southeastern Iraq that includes the country’s main port city of Basra and borders the Shatt al-Arab waterway and the Persian Gulf.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Basra Governorate canonical	22
Basra Vilayet	4
Basra region	4
البصرة	2
Basra	1
Basra Eyalet	1
Basra region, Iraq	1
Basra vilayet	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Governorate of Iraq ⓘ
borderCountry	Iran ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ
bordersWaterBody	Persian Gulf ⓘ Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
capital	Basra ⓘ
contains	Basra ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
governorateNumberInIraq	1 of 19 ⓘ
hasCity	Abu Al-Khasib ⓘ Al-Faw ⓘ surface form: Al Faw Al Qurnah ⓘ Az Zubayr ⓘ Basra ⓘ
hasClimate	Hot desert climate ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	Agriculture ⓘ Oil industry ⓘ Petrochemical industry ⓘ Port services ⓘ
hasKeyWaterway	Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
hasMainPortCity	Basra ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River Shatt al-Arab ⓘ Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
hasOilField	Majnoon oil field ⓘ Rumaila oil field ⓘ West Qurna oil field ⓘ Zubair oil field ⓘ
hasPort	Al Maqal Port ⓘ Khor al-Zubair Port ⓘ Umm Qasr Port ⓘ
hasStrategicFeature	Access to Persian Gulf ⓘ Control of Iraq’s main seaport ⓘ
isOilRich	true ⓘ
isStrategicallyImportant	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeastern Iraq ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ
majorReligiousGroup	Shia Islam ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Republic of Iraq
partOfRegion	Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
playsRoleIn	Iraq’s maritime trade ⓘ Iraq’s oil exports ⓘ
recognizedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shatt al-Arab → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Amarah → governorateBorder → Basra Governorate ⓘ

British Iraq Mandate → appliesToTerritory → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Vilayet

Iraq revolt of 1920 → location → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Vilayet

Mandaic → geographicConcentration → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region

4th Mechanized Brigade → theatre → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region, Iraq

Dhi Qar Governorate → borderedBy → Basra Governorate ⓘ

سيبويه → region → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: البصرة

سيبويه → activityPlace → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: البصرة

Basra Canal → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Port of Basra → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Umm Qasr Port → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Khor al-Zubair Port → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Khor al-Zubair Port → serves → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region

Central Marshes → region → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Marsh Arabs → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Hammar Marshes → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Al-Faw → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Hawizeh Marshes → locatedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Battle of Basra (2003) → location → Basra Governorate ⓘ

British I (UK) Armoured Division → areaOfOperations → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region

southern Iraq campaign → location → Basra Governorate ⓘ

British military operations in Iraq → theaterOfOperations → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Saulat al-Fursan → location → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Sadrist militias → operatesIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Shia Arabs → concentratedIn → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Arvand Rud → region → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Arvand Rud → flowsThrough → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Ottoman Iraq → hasPart → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Eyalet

Ottoman Iraq → hasPart → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Vilayet

Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force → areaServed → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra vilayet

Azariqa → region → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra

Muthanna Governorate → hasBorderWith → Basra Governorate ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force → theatreOfOperations → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region

British military administration in Mesopotamia → appliesToTerritory → Basra Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Vilayet

Qurna → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Basra Governorate ⓘ