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Education:
The Province of Basra has only one university, University of Basra and (1198)
primary school; 88 kindergartens, (632) secondary school; (14) institute for Teachers’
Qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.

Health
Province of Basra has 19 hospitals and (121) medical center.

Tourist sites:

Sindibad Island

This island is a marvelous tourist site which is
located at the middle of Shatt Al-Arab,
opposite to Shatt Al-Arab Hotel in Maqal. It is
linked to both river banks via Sindibad Bridge.

It has wonderful gardens decorated with
beautiful fountains. There are facilities for
visitor comfort, a tourist coffee shop, and
tourist houses for residence, in addition to the floating hotel near the Island, and a vast
coffee shop at the southern end of the Island.

Qurna City: It is 74 km northward of Basra; Qurna is the legendary place of Adam's
tree and paradise of Eden, where Tigris and Euphrates meet to form together Shatt Al-
Arab, where we can see a lot of farms and orchards especially date palm orchards.

Abu Al-Khaseeb: This city is located on Shatt Al- Arab, 26 km to the south of Basra.
It is the city of the late great poet Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab, it is also the center of date
palm forests which are unique for their beautiful landscapes.