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capital de la Gobernación de Basra, en el sur de Iraq
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Join the roomBasra o Basrah es una ciudad portuaria en el sur de Iraq. Es la capital de la Gobernación de Basra homónima, así como la tercera ciudad más grande de Iraq en general, detrás de Bagdad y Mosul. Ubicada cerca de la frontera entre Irán e Iraq, la ciudad está situada a lo largo de las orillas del Shatt al-Arab que desemboca en el Golfo Pérsico. Es consistentemente una de las ciudades más calurosas del planeta, con temperaturas de verano que regularmente exceden los 50 °C (122 °F).
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