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Umm Qasr, also known as Khawr Umm Qasr, is a port city in Iraq, on the western side of the al-Faw peninsula on the shores of the Arvand Rud  waterway which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet; prior to the Persian Gulf War traffic between Kuwait and Iraq flowed over a bridge there.

Umm Qasr was long a small fishing town of no great importance until a naval base was established here after the  was deposed by a coup in 1958. Modern port facilities were built here.

When in 1958, Iraqi nationalists and radicals threw out the king imposed on them by the British after World War One when Iraq was created out of three Ottoman provinces. Over the next five years of relative freedom and democracy, Iraq began putting together a nationalized, planned economy, based on its oil wealth. Hundreds of factories were eventually constructed, making it the most industrialized country in the Middle East. A new deepwater port was built on the Persian Gulf, Umm Qasr, which became a lynchpin in that plan. From its piers Iraq began to ship the goods from those factories to buyers in other countries throughout the region. The port became a symbol of progress and independence, an achievement of the Iraqi revolution.

During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) its importance increased as fighting restricted access to other ports further east.  The port of Basra, deep in the Arvand Rud waterway, became unusable as it was just miles from the Iranian border. 

After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, during which the port was bombed, control of the inlet leading to Umm Qasr was transferred to Kuwait, and a large trench and sand berm was constructed along the border of the two nations. Meanwhile much commerce was shifted to Umm Qasr away from Basra by deliberate Iraqi government policy to punish Basra for its role in the rebellions against the rule of Saddam Hussain.

The city of Umm Qasr was one of the first Iraq cities conquered in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, on March 29, 2003. The assault on the city was spearheaded by British Royal Marines and Polish GROM, but Iraqi forces put up unexpectedly strong resistance, requiring several days' fighting before it was cleared of defenders. After the port was de-mined and reopened, it played an important role in the shipment of humanitarian supplies to Iraqi civilians.

TownPopulation estimates are around 46,000 people living in Umm Qasr town at the outbreak of the 2003 war. Having grown from a tiny fishing village in 1958, the town is laid out in planned housing tracts, with workers living near the previously state-owned industries which employed them. Almost the entire population were relocated from other parts of Iraq to work in state-run industries. The port (and its workforce) were dramatically expanded following the first Gulf War, in part to remove vital functions from Basra, scene of a major anti-government uprising. A mapping project shortly thereafter stated "In total, the town is composed of 82 streets; each street has 72 houses. Up to three to four families live in each house." It then described three main neighborhoods:[10]

North Indian Camp (Hindi Court) in the north, with 6,600 people and 37 streets
South Indian Camp to the west of town, mostly to house port workers.
Port/Customs Office with housing and offices for the Iraqi Ministry of Industry; housing for workers in the pipe, steel, and cement factories.

Public servicesPrior to the 2003 war, Umm Qasr had 13 primary schools (four for boys, four for girls, and five coeducational), two intermediate schools for boys, and five secondary schools (two for boys, one night school for boys, and two for girls). There was a single hospital for the town.[11] Today the population of Umm Qasr communities become around 55,000 people. There are shortage in the higher education services in the city. And most of the students are traveling to Basra’s one public university about 57 km, or to the Technical Institute in Al-Zubair region. However, the city has also many of its people who had been migrated to European Union, Canada and Austria. The town has a nice and multicultural community, and the borders with neighbored country and sea borders had offered the people More understanding to the port cities life style.

ail lineA branch of the main Iraqi Republic Railways line connects Umm Qasr to Basra from Shouaiba Junction (near Basra) via the port of Khawr az-Zubayr.

Public Sports : Generally, soccer is the most popular sport among the youth in Umm Qasr. There are many local teams, but the greatest public support is for the Port Culp team in the mother port of Maqel in downtown Basrah. Some of the youth are involved in swiming in the gulf water because of the limited number of swimming pools; also, some people are focusing on the running sports. Female participation in sports is limited in the public schools.

irportUmm Qasr has a Civil aviation airport, with the ICAO Code of ORUQ.