Basra Province
(Reguidit frae Basra Govrenorate)
Basra Province ([البصرة Al Baṣra] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province in soothren Iraq, borderin Kuwait tae the sooth an Iran tae the east. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Basra. Ither districts o Basra include Al-Qurnah, Az Zubayr, Al Mudaynah, Shatt Al Arab, Abu Al Khaseeb an Al Faw locatit on the Persie Gulf.
Basra Govrenorate محافظة البصرة Basra Province | |
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Province | |
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| Coordinates: 30°22′N 47°22′E / 30.367°N 47.367°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Caipital | Basra |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19070 km2 (7,360 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 Estimate) | |
| • Total | 3,500,000 |
Ancient history
eeditModren history
eeditIn 1920, efter the defeat o the Ottoman Empire in Warld War I, the Unitit Kinrick took ower the umwhile Ottoman vilayets o Basra, Baghdad an Mosul which haed thegither formed the historical region o Irak Arabi or Irak Babeli, an cried it the Breetish Mandate o Mesopotamie. The mandate wis succeedit bi the Kinrick o Iraq in 1932.
Provincial Govrenment
eedit- Govrenor: Chltag Abboud Al Mayah
- Deputy Govrenor: Nezar Rabeea Al Jabri
- Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Jabbar Ameen Jabbar