Talk:Basra

message: Our source for Basra city says "Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province of iraq, with an area of 19,070 square kilometers and an estimated population of about 1,880,000 (2003)." Coalition Provisional Authority, South-Central Region, United Nations 2003 population estimate, accessed 27 November 2008 It includes this: UN Data 2003: Towns in Al-Basrah Province Population 
Shatt Al Arab 106,000 
Al Madiana 158,800 
Al Qurnah 137,400 
Al Faw 21,700 
Abu al Khasib 126,800 
Al Zubair 277,200 
Basrah 1,052,200 
Total 1,880,100 
Below is the discussion from the archive. Is there a way to get a more reasonable figure for the pop than the unsourced one we have in the lead? (Msrasnw (talk) 13:18, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Source turns out to be an abandoned website and also turns out to be on Wikipedia's blacklist. Dagnabbit. 192.12.88.49 (talk) 14:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population for Basra and Basra Province 

message: Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq, not Basra, unless you count Mosul under the control of the Islamic State then consequently/maybe it is not applicable. Thoughts? Alastairjc (talk) 01:06, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That has been a point of debate in Iraq for years. It is unresolved and won't be until there's a census. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 13:48, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second largest city in Iraq 

message: What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 10:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Basra]] 

message: I'm confused how these cities could be sister cities of Basra?  Only one is even in the same country, and one is in Texas? --JaredMithrandir (talk) 00:07, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twin Cities and Sister Cities??? 

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