Amarah

Amarah is a city with about 1.2 million inhabitants in Southern Iraq and the capital of Maysan province.
  • City with about 512,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: city in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Al ‘Amarah”
    “Amara”
    “Amaré”

Notable Cemeteries

Discover Amara War Cemetery and Amara Indian War Cemetery.
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Latitude
31.8498° or 31° 50′ 59″ north
Longitude
47.1496° or 47° 8′ 59″ east
UN/LOCODE
IQ AMA
Open location code
8H39R4XX+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Amarah” goes by many names.
العمارةArabic
العمارهArabic
قلعة صالحArabic
مدينة العمارةArabic
Ալ-ԱմարաArmenian
Էլ-ԱմարաArmenian
AmarahAsturian
Əl-AmaraAzerbaijani
Əl-АmаrаAzerbaijani
AmaraBasque
Аль-АмараBelarusian
АмараBelarusian
Эль-АмараBelarusian
আমারাহBengali
AmaraCatalan
Al ‘AmārahCebuano
عەمارەCentral Kurdish
阿馬拉Chinese
阿马拉Chinese
AmaraCroatian
AmáraCzech
AmarahDanish
Al-AmarahDutch
AmarahDutch
العمارةEgyptian Arabic
العمارهEgyptian Arabic
AmaraEsperanto
Al-‘AmārahEstonian
al-AmaraFinnish
AmaraFinnish
ელ-ამარაGeorgian
ΑμάραGreek
અમરાહGujarati
עמארהHebrew
अमाराHindi
अमाराहHindi
AmáraHungarian
Al-‘AmarahIndonesian
AmarahIrish
Al-‘AmaraItalian
AmaraItalian
AmarahItalian
アマーラJapanese
アマラJapanese
ಅಮರಾಹ್Kannada
ಅಲ್ ಅಮಾರಾKannada
Élʹ-Amara qalasıKazakh
Эль-Амара қаласыKazakh
ەل-امارا قالاسىKazakh
아마라Korean
EmareKurdish
AmāraLatvian
AmaraLithuanian
Al-‘AmarahMalay
अमरहMarathi
العمارهMazanderani
ელ-ამარაMingrelian
Al-AmarahNorwegian
Al-AmarahNorwegian Bokmål
AmarahNorwegian Bokmål
Al-AmarahNorwegian Nynorsk
العمارهPersian
العماره، عراقPersian
عمارهPersian
Al-AmaraPolish
AmaraPolish
Al AmarahRomanian
AmarahRomanian
Ar AmarahRomanian
Ель-АмараRussian
Эль-АмараRussian
АмараSerbian
අමාරාSinhala
AmaraSlovenian
Al-AmaraSwedish
Al-AmarahSwedish
AmarahSwedish
எமாரஹ்Tamil
ГамәрәTatar
అమరాTelugu
อัลอะมาเราะฮ์Thai
AmareTurkish
El AmaraTurkish
El-AmareTurkish
Ель-АмараUkrainian
العمارہUrdu
Al-‘AmaraVenetian
AmarahVietnamese
AmarahWaray (Philippines)
عماراہWestern Panjabi
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Southern Iraq: Highlights

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