southern Iraq
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Southern Iraq is the predominantly Shiite, oil-rich region of Iraq along the lower Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Persian Gulf, encompassing cities like Basra and significant marshland areas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| southern Iraq canonical | 40 |
| Southern Iraq | 4 |
| South Central Iraq | 1 |
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
region of Iraq ⓘ |
| borders | Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| climate |
arid
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Basra
ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
surface form:
Basra Governorate
Central Marshes ⓘ Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ Hammar Marshes ⓘ Hawizeh Marshes ⓘ Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi Marshlands
Karbala Governorate ⓘ Maysan Governorate ⓘ Muthanna Governorate ⓘ Najaf ⓘ
surface form:
Najaf Governorate
Qadisiyyah Governorate ⓘ Shatt al-Arab ⓘ Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
surface form:
Thi Qar Marshes
Wasit Governorate ⓘ |
| containsReligiousSite |
Al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala
ⓘ
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (broader southern–central Shia region)
Imam Ali Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf
Imam Husayn Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala
|
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| dialect |
Mesopotamian Arabic
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Mesopotamian Arabic
|
| ethnicMajority | Arabs ⓘ |
| hasAgriculture |
date palm cultivation
ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ wheat cultivation ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector | oil export terminals on Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Amarah
ⓘ
Basra ⓘ Diwaniyah ⓘ Karbala ⓘ Kut ⓘ Najaf ⓘ Nasiriyah ⓘ Samawah ⓘ |
| hasMinority |
Christians
ⓘ
Mandaeism ⓘ
surface form:
Mandaeans
Marsh Arabs ⓘ Arabs ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Arabs
|
| hasNaturalResource |
crude oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Al-Faw
ⓘ
Umm Qasr Port ⓘ
surface form:
Umm Qasr
|
| historicalRegion | Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Shia holy cities
ⓘ
marshland ecosystems ⓘ oil production ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iraq
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| religiousMajority | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
Tigris ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| wasAffectedBy | drainage of Iraqi Marshes under Saddam Hussein ⓘ |
| wasBattlefieldIn |
Operation Iraqi Freedom
ⓘ
surface form:
2003 invasion of Iraq
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ |
| wasCenterOf | Marsh Arab culture ⓘ |
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Iraq
this entity surface form:
Southern Iraq
subject surface form:
Ur
this entity surface form:
South Central Iraq
this entity surface form:
Southern Iraq
this entity surface form:
Southern Iraq