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Nasiriyah
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Place details
- Locality
- الناصرية
- Region
- محافظة ذي قار
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 558,400
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Nasiriyah
- Settlement.other_name
- NassiriyaNasiriya
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Left to right, top to bottom:Al Haboubi Square • Bridge of Civilizations • Euphrates Corniche • Nasiriyah Museum
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Nasiriyah within Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dhi Qar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nasiriyah
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1872
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 786
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 700
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- الناصرية
- Population
- 560200
- Area
- 1766
- Elevation
- 7
- Image
- Naserya city center 1.JPG
- Dialing code
- 00964
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- Commons category
- Nasiriyah
- inception
- 1872-00-00
- native label
- الناصرية
- P12749
- masturbation
- postal code
- 64001
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|200px|A Mandaean house of worship in central Nasiriyah. Nasiriyah was founded in 1872 and became a major center of trade in Ottoman Iraq. The areas around the city is the ancestral home of many Mandaeans, an ethnoreligious group that were probably the first to practice baptism and are the last surviving Gnostics from antiquity. Today, only a few hundred families remain.
See
There is a called The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities. "Ahwar" translates as "marshland" and the region is listed partly for the wetlands flora and fauna. However, the listing also includes several cities of ancient Sumer. thumb|300px|Ruins of Ur.
Do
The amusement park in Nasiriyah.
Go next
The ruins of the ancient cities of Ur and Larsa are located nearby.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Climate
- History
- Establishment and Ottoman era
- British and Hashemite rule
- Gulf War
- Iraq War
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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Nasiriyah ( , ; , BGN: , ), also spelled Nassiriya or Nasiriya, is a city in Iraq, the capital of the Dhi Qar Governorate. It lies on the lower Euphrates, about south-southeast of Baghdad, near the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, as well as the recently established Ur Tourist City located adjacent to the archaeological site. Its population in 2018 was about 558,000, making it the ninth-largest city in Iraq. It had a diverse population of Muslims, Mandaeans and Jews in the early 20th century; today its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.
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