What is the population of Basrah?

1,326,564 people, per GeoNames.

BASRAH

Basra · IRAQ (IQ) · 30.51°N / 47.78°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 99,532

Basrah is a city in Iraq with a population of 1,326,564. It sits at 30.51/47.78, runs on Asia/Baghdad, is 3 km from Al Başrah al Qadīmah.

Population 1,326,564

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Baghdad

All facts

fields

Country: Iraq
Subdivision: Basra
Coords: 30.51°N / 47.78°E
UTC offset: +3
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 6 · within 50 km

E Al Başrah al Qadīmah Basra 2,015,483 3.4 km

N Al Hārithah Basra 92,395 8.7 km

SW Az Zubayr Basra 122,676 15.0 km

E Abī al Khaşīb Basra 0 20.2 km

E Nāḩiyat ‘Atbah Basra 0 22.7 km

E Khorramshahr Khuzestan 330,606 39.5 km

Air access

nearby

BSR

Basra International Airport

Large airport

12.2 km

ABD

Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport

Large airport

45.9 km

Universities

linked

University of Basrah

uobasrah.edu.iq

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Basrah?: 1,326,564 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Basrah in?: Asia/Baghdad.
Which country is Basrah in?: Iraq (IQ).

Get this page as JSON

no auth

cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/99532

{
  "data": {
    "id": 99532,
    "name": "Basrah",
    "ascii_name": "Basrah",
    "country_code": "IQ",
    "population": 1326564,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Baghdad",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": 30.50852,
    "longitude": 47.7804
  }
}