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Al-Faw
ٱلْفَاو Fao | |
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Coordinates: 29°58′33″N 48°28′20″E / 29.97583°N 48.47222°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Al-Basrah |
District | Al-Faw District |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• City | 42,252 |
• Urban | 35,836 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (GMT +3) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
Al-Fāw (Arabic: ٱلْفَاو; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate.