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.

Aliases (1)

Siege of Kut ×5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → military siege →
capitalOf	Wasit Governorate NERFINISHED →
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	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 era → modern Iraq →
locatedIn	Wasit Governorate → eastern Iraq →
locatedInContinent	Asia →
locatedInRegion	Middle East →
locatedOnRiver	Tigris River →
locatedOnWaterway	Tigris River →
location	Kut →
majorReligion	Islam →
partOf	British Mandate of Mesopotamia (historical) → 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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Southern Iraq →	hasMajorCity
Siege of Kut →	location
Dijla →	passesThrough
Tigris →	passesThroughCity
Amarah →	roadConnection