Ashar Creek
Ashar Creek is a locality in Basra Governorate, Iraq. Ashar Creek is situated nearby to the locality Nahr ash Shutaybi, as well as near the village Al-Ashar.Places of Interest
Highlights include Basra International Hotel and Basra Museum.
Basra International Hotel
Hotel
The Basra International Hotel is a hotel on Shatt al-Arab bank in Al Ashar District, in Basrah, Iraq. The hotel was built in 1981 as the Basrah Sheraton Hotel & Casino.
Basra Museum
Museum
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The Basrah Museum is a museum in the Iraqi city of Basra, It is located on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab some 3 km south‐east of Basra’s historic city centre. Basra Museum is situated 3½ km southeast of Ashar Creek.
Basra War Cemetery
Cemetery
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Basra War Cemetery is a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq. Originally a small civil cemetery, it was greatly enlarged during the First World War and contains 2,890 graves, the majority of which are Commonwealth casualties killed during the Mesopotamian campaign.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basra.
Basra
Basra is a port city in Southern Iraq, close to the border with Kuwait and Iran. It is Iraq's third largest city with a population of 2,150,000.
Ashar Creek
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ashar Creek, Nahr al Ashshār, نهر العشار, Ashar Creek, Nahr al Ashshar, نهر العشار”
- Category: stream
- Location: Basra Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.52264° or 30° 31′ 22″ northLongitude
47.84074° or 47° 50′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8H29GRFR+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 2487918797OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=stream
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Ashar Creek” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر العشار”
- French: “Ashar Creek”
- German: “Ashar Creek”
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Notable Places Nearby
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