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Umm Qasr Destination Guide

Delve into Umm Qasr in Iraq

Umm Qasr in the region of Al Başrah with its 107,620 residents is a city in Iraq - some 308 mi or ( 496 km ) South-East of Baghdad , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Umm Qasr

Current time in Umm Qasr is now 09:42 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Karbala, Baghdad, Basra, Bushehr, and Ahvaz. While being here, make sure to check out Karbala . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Umm Qasr ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

iraqi kid saying now den lar speaking scouse

2:05 min by lea1mercian
Views: 1402 Rating: 5.00

helmet cam of iraq kid saying now den lar whilst on patroll in umm qasr harbour. helmet cam by alan cochran ..

2003 05 09 Driving up to Iraq from Kuwait

2:36 min by NullisSum
Views: 432 Rating: 5.00

DMZ ride. Last video that I had any kind of good humor in while downrange. ..


Iraqi Navy in Umm Qasr -- Operation New Dawn

0:29 min by okrajoe
Views: 411 Rating: 5.00

Operation New Dawn: Iraqi Navy in Umm Qasr. Courtesy video, American Forces Network Iraq, Date: 09.18.2011. Video of Iraqi navy in Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Produced by Staff Sgt. Crystal Cook. ..

مدينة البصرة اللوجستية/ تقرير مترجم للـ CNN.

5:29 min by BasraLogisticsCity
Views: 371 Rating: 5.00

Basra Logistic City (BLC) Iraq largest logistics hub OPEN for business ... 1.8 KM from Iraq Main's Port Um Qasr. 20 KM From Kuwaiti Boarder. Within 10 to 150km of 7 major oil fields. www.blc-iraq.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Umm Qasr Port

Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr. Iraq's second port in scale of size and goods shipped to the port of Basra, it is strategically important, located on the western edge of the al-Faw peninsula, where the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway enters the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. Prior to the Persian Gulf War, traffic between Kuwait and Iraq flowed over a bridge.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.05 47.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Basra Province, Navy bases, Ports and harbours of Iraq

Camp Bucca

Camp Bucca was a detention facility maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr, Iraq. As of June 2011, a group of entrepreneurial Iraqis and Americans are re-building Camp Bucca as Basra Gateway, a logistics city and environmentally friendly industrial hub to lead the new Iraq into the 21st century.

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Located at 30.07 47.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Closed military facilities of the United States in Iraq, Human rights abuses, Prisoner-of-war camps, Prisons in Iraq

Warbah Island

Warbah Island is an island belonging to Kuwait, located in the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Euphrates River. It is located roughly 100 metres east of the Kuwaiti mainland, 1.5 kilometres north of Bubiyan Island and 1 kilometre south of the Iraqi mainland. It is roughly 15 kilometres long and 5 kilometres wide with a total area of 37 square kilometres . The island is essentially a large mud flat.

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Located at 30.00 48.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Disputed territories in the Persian Gulf, Iraq–Kuwait border, Territorial disputes of Iraq, Territorial disputes of Kuwait, Uninhabited islands of Kuwait

Khor Al Zubair

Khor Al Zubair is a city in Basra in Iraq, one of the major industrial areas as well as to contain the Khor Al Zubair Port on a set of laboratories and companies (such as petrochemical, fertilizer plant and South, and iron and steel plant, liquid and gas).

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Located at 30.20 47.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Populated places in Basra Province, Port cities and towns in Iraq, Port cities and towns of the Persian Gulf

Khor Al Zubair Port

Khor Al Zubair Port is an Iraqi port that was founded in 1974 in Khor Al Zubair, 80 km from the center of Basra province, the port consists of four main sections are the technical divisions, sections of lading, unloading sections, as well as administrative departments

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Located at 30.20 47.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Basra Province, Ports and harbours of Iraq

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Umm Qasr