Where is Basra located? Basra location map

Basra (also called Al Basrah and Basorah) is the capital of the Basra province in Iraq. With a little under 4 million people, Basra is located near the coast of the Persian Gulf The location of Basra on a mapin southeast Iraq. It is not far from the borders with Iran and Kuwait. Basra is the second-largest city in Iraq behind Baghdad.