Basra International 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hotel
- Description: building in Basra
- Also known as: “فندق عشتار شيراتون الدولي”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basra Museum and Basra War Cemetery.
Basra Museum
Museum
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The Basrah Museum is a museum in the Iraqi city of Basra, 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. Basra Museum is situated 3 km southeast of Basra International Hotel.
Basra War Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Basra War Cemetery is a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq, 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. Basra War Cemetery is situated 2½ km northwest of Basra International Hotel.
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.
Basra International Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Basrah District, Basra Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.51785° or 30° 31′ 4″ northLongitude
47.84362° or 47° 50′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8H29GR9V+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 514971954OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelWikidata ID
Q4867868
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Basra International Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فندق البصرة الدولي”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق البصره الدولى”
- French: “Basra International Hotel”
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Highlights include مسبح الشيراتون and FedEx Office.
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