Kūt (), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara or Kut Al Amara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It is the capital of the province long known as Al Kut, but since the 1960s renamed Wasit.
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Place details
- Locality
- ناحية مرکز قضاء الكوت
- Region
- محافظة واسط
- Country
- العراق
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kut
- Settlement.native_name
- ٱلْكُوت
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- 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
- Wasit
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Wasit Governorate
- Population
- +377600
- Elevation
- +21
- Capital of
- Wasit Governorate
- Image
- MosqueAlKutIraqDOD.JPG
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- Geography
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- History
- World War I
- Modern history
- Contingency Operating Base Delta (COB Delta)
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Kūt (), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara or Kut Al Amara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It is the capital of the province long known as Al Kut, but since the 1960s renamed Wasit.
The old town of Kut is within a sharp "U" bend of the river, opposite from the point where the Shatt al-Gharraf branches off from the Tigris. This U-shaped bend almost makes it an island, but for a narrow connection to land. Kut has been a regional center of the carpet trade for centuries. The area around Kut is a fertile cereal grain growing region. The Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility, looted following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, is located near Kut.