City · Iraq
Umm Qaşr
Umm Qasr 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.
Good to know
- Population: 107,620.
- Founded: 1903.
- Elevation: 9 m.
- Timezone: Asia/Baghdad.