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Main cities:

 Basra District,Hartha
 Abu Al-Khaseeb District
 Zubair District, Safwan- Um Qasir
 Qurna District, AL Dair- Al Thaghr
 Fao District
 Shat Al Arab District, Al Nashwa
 AlImdainah District, Izz Aldeen
Saleem- Talha

Main activities

 Oil and gas
 Sea charging and Railway
 Agriculture
 Food industries
 Heavy industries, such as, iron
and steel, fertilizers, and
petrochemicals
 Fishing

Economy at a Glance

Basra is one of the important provinces in Iraq, as it is rich with oil fields such as
Rumaila field, Shi'aiba field, western Qurna field, and Majnoun field. Due to its
location in the plains of Al Rafidain valley, it is considered as one of the best
locations for planting rice, barley, wheat, and millet. It is also famous for cattle
breading. The province occurs on varying terrain land includes plains, upland, and
desert and is also considered as a tourists Province for having many religious shrines
and historical sites.

Infrastructures

Province of Basra has all the six Iraqi sea ports,
including the deep port. Thus it is the transportation
cross point of the southern part of Iraq. There is also a
highway linking the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan to
Iraq which starts from the Jordanian borders and ends
in Basra. The province is also linked to the State of
Kuwait via Safwan border crossing point, a main
commercial outlet. In addition to these, there is Basra
International Airport too.