Amarah

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city

Amarah is a city in southeastern Iraq situated along the Tigris River and serving as the capital of Maysan Governorate.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
administrativeStatus governorate capital →
capitalOf Maysan Governorate →
climateClassification BWh →
country Iraq →
countrySubdivision Maysan Governorate →
demographics majority Shia Muslim population →
predominantly Arab population →
economicActivity agriculture →
services →
trade →
governorateBorder Basra Governorate →
Dhi Qar Governorate →
Maysan Governorate internal areas →
Wasit Governorate NERFINISHED →
hasClimate hot desert climate →
hasFeature river port →
urban center →
hasRole provincial capital →
hasTransport local roads →
regional highways →
historicalEvent Iran–Iraq War operations nearby →
Iraq War military activity →
historicalRegion Ottoman Iraq →
languageSpoken Mesopotamian Arabic →
locatedIn Maysan Governorate →
locatedInContinent Asia →
locatedInCountryCapitalDistanceRelation southeast of Baghdad →
locatedInGovernorateCapitalRelation central city of Maysan Governorate →
locatedInRegion southeastern Iraq →
locatedInSubregion Middle East →
Middle East →
surface form: Western Asia
locatedNearBorderWith Iran →
locatedOnRiver Tigris →
surface form: Tigris River
majorReligion Islam →
majorRiverNearby Tigris →
surface form: Tigris River
officialLanguage Arabic →
partOf Arabian Peninsula →
surface form: Arabian Peninsula region

Lower Mesopotamia →
riverFunction irrigation hub on the Tigris →
roadConnection Baghdad →
Basra →
Kut →
Nasiriyah →
timeZone Arabia Standard Time →
utcOffset +3 →
waterway navigable sections of the Tigris River →
writingSystemUsed Arabic script →

Referenced by (4)

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

southern Iraq → hasMajorCity → Amarah →
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
Dijla → passesThrough → Amarah →
Tigris → passesThroughCity → Amarah →