About Abū al-Kahṣīb
Abū al-Kahṣīb is a city in Basra, Iraq with a population of 357,771. It is the 13th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, and the 1,595th largest worldwide. It lies 460 km from Baghdad.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 8
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
30.443, 47.878
Record updated
2026-04-23
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 95 in IraqClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.