Al-Faw
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Al-Fāw (; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate. Al-Faw is located about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital, Basra, and has a population of approximately 52,000 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.other_name
- Fao
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Faw
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Basrah faw shat alarab.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 305px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Shatt al-Arab
- Settlement.image_map
- Shatt al arab.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- South-East Iraq with Al-Faw in the lower right corner of the map
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq#Persian Gulf
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Al-Basrah
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Al-Faw District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 42,252
- Settlement.population_urban
- 35,836
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Al-Faw District
- Population
- 105080
- Image
- US Navy 031016-N-3236B-043 A marine patrols the streets of Al Faw, Iraq.jpg
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- Al-Faw
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- [[Ottoman Iraq|Ottoman period]]
- [[Mandatory Iraq|British period]]
- [[Ba'athist Iraq|Republican period]]
- Population
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Water Resources
- Urban Classification
- Healthcare
- Economy
- Fishing
- The Al-Faw Salt Flats
- Excavations
- See also
- References
- External links
Al-Fāw (; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate. Al-Faw is located about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital, Basra, and has a population of approximately 52,000 people.
Until 1960, Al-Faw was part of Abu al-Khasib District, before being established as an independent district on August 30, 1960. The city is known for its marine products such as fish, shrimp, and salt, as well as for cultivating henna and date palms, the latter of which declined significantly due to the military and economic conflicts that lasted for 23 years under the rule of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The people of Al-Faw, like other residents of Basra, speak an Iraqi Arabic dialect similar to that of Kuwait, where the letter jīm (ج) is often pronounced as yā (ي), for example, the word rajul (man) is pronounced rayyāl.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Faw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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