Amarah

Also known as Al-Amarah

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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

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Wikidata facts

Population: 511500
Elevation: 12
Image: Breezes of Marshes.jpg

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Commons category: Amarah
inception: 1860-00-00
P8168: George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
P12749: Aloe cheranganiensis

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Travel guide

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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.

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Article

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History
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Notable people
Climate
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Bibliography
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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.