About Şafwān
Şafwān is a city in Basra, Iraq with a population of 22,929. It is the 89th largest of the 95 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iraq, and the 22,772nd largest worldwide. It lies 476 km from Baghdad.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#8of 8
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
30.116, 47.716
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.