Nasiriya
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 3 ′ N , 46 ° 16 ′ E | ||
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| Governorate | Dhi Qar | ||
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| height | 7 m | ||
| Residents | 560,200 (2003) | ||
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Nasiriya ( Arabic الناصرية, DMG an-Nāṣiriyya ), mostly Nassirija in German media , is the capital of the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar . It is located on the Euphrates and is 360 km from Baghdad . Near the city are the ruins of the cities of Ur and Larsa . In 1987, Nasiriyya had a population of 265,937 and an estimated 560,200 in 2003. The majority of the population are Shiites .
history
The city was founded in 1870 as a marrow for the Muntafiq tribal confederation. At the beginning of the First World War , the city had around 10,000 inhabitants. The city was named after the founder, Sheikh Nasir Saʿdun. The Ottomans ruled the city until the First World War and lost it to the British in 1915 . In the second Gulf War in 1991, the coalition forces advanced here. That was their furthest advance. Due to promise the Americans who turned out to be empty, raised the Shi'ites against Saddam Hussein . The Iraqi army brutally suppressed the uprising, and a great many people died.
During the American occupation of Iraq in the Third Gulf War , the only major skirmish between Iraqi units and US troops occurred at Nasiriya, in the course of which 29 US soldiers were killed and six captured (including Jessica Lynch ). A few days later, a report said that 10 people were killed and 200 injured in an air raid with cluster bombs . An Iraqi doctor also reported that 10 US soldiers were killed in a friendly fire accident. An American fighter plane accidentally dropped a bomb on a US Marines position.
archeology
In March 2018, the discovery of a more than 4,000 year old port in the desert town of Abu Tbeira seven kilometers south of Nasiriya was announced. It is the oldest known port in Iraq.
sons and daughters of the town
- Fuad ar-Rikabi (1931–1971), Iraqi politician
- Hikmat Al-Sabty (* 1954), German politician (Die Linke)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugene L. Rogan: The Fall of the Ottomans. London, 2015, p. 220
- ^ Guardian Unlimited; James Meek, War in the Gulf: Marines losing the battle for hearts and minds , The Guardian (London, March 25, 2003, p. 1)
- ↑ Archaeologists find a 4000-year-old port in Iraq , Deutschlandfunk from March 20, 2018, accessed on March 22, 2018