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The entry is geolocated on the map in city(420000)_region, across 6 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Amarah is referenced by 429 other articles, and connects out to Maysan Governorate, Muqtada al-Sadr and Al-Kahla District.
It sits within the topics 1860 establishments in the Ottoman Empire, Amarah and Cities in Iraq.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- العمارة
- Region
- محافظة ميسان
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 323,302
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Amarah
- Settlement.native_name
- ٱلْعَمَارَة
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Photographs of Amarah, including views of the Tigris
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maysan
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1860
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2962
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 562187
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_metro
- 1,100,000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Maysan Governorate
- Population
- 511500
- Elevation
- 12
- Capital of
- Maysan Governorate
- Image
- Breezes of Marshes.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Amarah
- Commons category
- Amarah
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- different from
- Amara, Nubia
- P12749
- Aloe cheranganiensis
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Travel guide
Understand
A relatively recent city, Amarah was founded in 1860 as a military outpost by the Ottoman government in order to pacify the area, which until then had been considered quite lawless.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Iraq War (2003–2011)
- Notable people
- Climate
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Amarah (), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the northern tip of the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates.
It had a population of about 340,000 in 2002, 420,000 in 2005, and 1,100,000 in 2020. Amarah is the seat of the Maysan Province. A major trading center for the surrounding agricultural area, the city is known for woven goods and silverware. The staple economic goods produced in northern Amarah are winter cereals such as wheat and barley, as well as animals such as sheep and horses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amarah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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