Umm Qasr
Umm Qasr (Arabic: أم قصر, also transliterated as Um-qasir, Um-qasser, Um Qasr. Kurdish:ئومقەسڕ , Ûmqêsir) is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. A bridge across the waterway linked the port with Kuwait prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Umm Qasr
أم قصر Um-qasir, Um-qasser | |
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Cranes at Umm Qasr await cargo. | |
| Etymology: Mother of a Palace | |
Umm Qasr Umm Qasr | |
| Coordinates: 30°02′03″N 47°55′46″E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Basra |
| District | Al-Zubair District |
| Extant as village | 1903 |
| Port constructed | 1958 |
| Elevation | 9 m (32 ft) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 107,620 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT +3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
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