Kut

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city military siege

Kut is a city in eastern Iraq situated on the banks of the Tigris River, known historically as a strategic location and the site of significant World War I battles.

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Label Occurrences
Kut canonical 14

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
capitalOf Wasit Governorate ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 32.5 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 45.8 ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
countryCapital Baghdad ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType governorate capital ⓘ
demographics predominantly Arab population ⓘ
distanceTo Baghdad ⓘ
distanceToBaghdad_km approximately 160 ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel low-lying ⓘ
endTime 1916 ⓘ
governingBody Wasit Governorate authorities ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasFeature river bend on the Tigris ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Kut
hasHistoricalSignificance World War I ⓘ
hasMilitaryHistory major World War I campaign site ⓘ
hasTransportation road connections to Baghdad ⓘ
historicalEra Ottoman period ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I era

modern Iraq ⓘ
locatedIn Wasit Governorate ⓘ
eastern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Middle East ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
locatedOnWaterway Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
location Kut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
partOf British Iraq Mandate ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate of Mesopotamia (historical)

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Empire (historical)
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
regionType urban area ⓘ
riverPort true ⓘ
riverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
startTime 1915 ⓘ
strategicImportance military logistics on the Tigris River ⓘ
strategicRole control of river transport on the Tigris ⓘ
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
usedBy British forces in World War I ⓘ
Ottoman forces in World War I ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Tigris → passesThroughCity → Kut ⓘ
southern Iraq → hasMajorCity → Kut ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
Kut → location → Kut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Siege of Kut
Amarah → roadConnection → Kut ⓘ
Dijla → passesThrough → Kut ⓘ
central Iraq → includesCity → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate authorities → administers → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate authorities → capitalOfJurisdiction → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate authorities → location → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate authorities → hasAdministrativeCenter → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate → capital → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate → hasAdministrativeCenter → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate → hasSettlement → Kut ⓘ
Wasit Governorate → containsHistoricalCity → Kut ⓘ