AlQithara

AlQithara is in , , and is located on 14 تموز. AlQithara is situated nearby to the police station , as well as near the scenic viewpoint .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basra International Hotel and Basra Museum.

Hotel
The is a hotel on Shatt al-Arab bank in Al Ashar District, in Basrah, . The hotel was built in 1981 as the Basrah Sheraton Hotel & Casino. is situated 710 metres north of AlQithara.

Museum
The Basrah Museum is a museum in the city of , housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein. Its collection is related to Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Persian civilisations, as well as the history of the city itself. is situated 2½ km southeast of AlQithara.

Cemetery
The is a military cemetery in , , originally a small civil cemetery it was greatly enlarged during WW1 and includes 2,890 graves the majority of which are Commonwealth casualties from WW1 killed during the Mesopotamian campaign in the First World War and in addition a small plot containing graves of Ottoman POW's and 8 Russian refugees from 1920-21. is situated 3 km northwest of AlQithara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basra.

is a port city in , close to the border with and . It is Iraq's third largest city with a population of 2,150,000.

AlQithara

Latitude
30.51153° or 30° 30′ 42″ north
Longitude
47.84229° or 47° 50′ 32″ east
Open location code
8H29GR6R+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4452368293
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
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In Other Languages

“AlQithara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: القيثارة

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