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Baṣrah (Iraq)

LC control no.n 80123145
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingBaṣrah (Iraq)
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Geographic subdivision usageIraq--Baṣrah
Variant(s)Basra (Iraq)
بصرة (Iraq)
Bassora (Iraq)
Bassorah (Iraq)
Bassra (Iraq)
Busra (Iraq)
Busrah (Iraq)
Bussorah (Iraq)
Other standard no.99532
Q48195
152445467
1210191
7016465
Associated countryIraq
Special noteOld catalog heading: Basra
Non-Latin reference not evaluated.
Found inUnited States. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Iraq special image city product 1:12,500. Al Baṣrah, c2005.
GEOnet, viewed 5 November 2020 (Al Baṣrah, Al Baṣ̣rah Province, Iraq, seat of a first-order administrative division, 30°31ʹ59ʺN, 047°47ʹ51ʺE (30.533016, 47.797466); variants: البصرة = al-Baṣrah; Basra; Basrah; Bassora; Bassorah; Bassra; Busra; Busrah; Bussora; Bāṣrah also is a variant for a populated place in As Sulaymānīyah province, and for a second-order administrative division in Al Baṣ̣rah Province)
Wikipedia, November 16, 2020 (Basra (Arabic: البَصرة‎ = al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab; 30°30ʹN 47°49ʹE)
Britannica online, November 16, 2020 (Basra, Arabic Al-Baṣrah, city, capital of Al-Baṣrah muḥāfaẓah (governorate), southeastern Iraq)
Geographic area codea-iq---