Al ‘Amārah

Worth seeing in and around Al ‘Amārah

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Amara War Cemetery

   The Amara War Cemetery is a First World War British military cemetery in Amara, now known as Amarah, southern Iraq, that is the responsibility of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It contains more than 4,600 graves including three recipients of the Victoria Cross but is now in poor condition as the CWGC have not been able to work in Iraq since 1991.

   1.8 km · Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Iraq · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Maysan Stadium

   Maysan Olympic Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Amarah, Iraq. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was opened in 1987.

   1.7 km · multi-use stadium in Maysan, Iraq · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University of Misan

   The University of Misan is an Iraqi university located in Amarah, Maysan, Iraq. It was established in 2007.

   4 km · public university in Amarah, Maysan, Iraq · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Amara (Left Bank) Indian War Cemetery

   The Amara Indian War Cemetery is a military cemetery in Amara, now known as Amarah, southern Iraq, which contains the graves of more than 5,000 Indian soldiers who died during the First World War. It is the responsibility of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

   1.7 km · left bank Indian war cemetery · Wikipedia

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Getting to Al ‘Amārah

Airports

Basra (BSR), 151 km · Qasem Soleimani (AWZ), 163 km · Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 193 km

• Basra → Al ‘Amārah

  162 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $14–20
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• Najaf → Al ‘Amārah

  265 km · quickest by road, 5h 10m · $26–36
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• Baghdad → Al ‘Amārah

  307 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · $29–40
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al ‘Amārah

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al ‘Amārah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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