Qarmat Ali
Qarmat Ali, known locally as Al-Qarmah and historically as Nahr Adi, is an Iraqi town located in Al-Hartha District, Basra.
Qarmat Ali, known locally as Al-Qarmah and historically as Nahr Adi, is an Iraqi town located in Al-Hartha District, Basra. The river that gives it its name runs through it, and it is the largest river in Basra. It is connected to the Marshes and flows into the Shatt al-Arab, and on it is a bridge connecting the north of Basra to its south, and another bridge connecting it to Al-Maqal. Some government institutions are located on its banks, including the University of Basra.
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Worth seeing in and around Qarmat Ali
3 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.
- 01New Minaa Stadium
Al-Mina'a Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Basra, Iraq which is used mostly for football matches. It is the home of Al-Minaa SC, having replaced the club's old venue Al Mina'a Stadium.
3.8 km · stadium in Basra, Iraq · Wikipedia - 02Al Mina'a Stadium
Al Mina'a Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Basra, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and served as the home stadium of Al Minaa before the opening of Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium.
3.9 km · Stadium in Basra - Iraq · Wikipedia - 03Shatt Al-Arab University College
Shatt Al-Arab University College is a private Iraqi university established in 1993 in Basrah in the south of Iraq.
5.2 km · Private Iraqi University · Wikipedia
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Getting to Qarmat Ali
- Airports
- Basra (BSR), 9 km · Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 52 km · Qasem Soleimani (AWZ), 129 km
- Stations
- Al Maqal Railway Station, 4 km
- Najaf → Qarmat Ali356 km · quickest by air, 5h 47m · $130–190
- Baghdad → Qarmat Ali436 km · quickest by air, 6h 25m · $160–240
- Kirkuk → Qarmat Ali624 km · quickest by air, 4h 4m · $140–220
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No local-transport research exists yet for Qarmat Ali
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 Qarmat Ali. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA river ferry is available from nearby Khorramshahr, across the border in Iran, taking just 45 minutes to complete the journey.
- Get inThe ferry is run by Valfajar Shipping Company and there are multiple sailings each week.
From Wikivoyage: Basra, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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Next door to Qarmat Ali
Qarmat Ali is 8 km from Basrah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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