Kūt (), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara or Kut Al Amara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It is the capital of the province long known as Al Kut, but since the 1960s renamed Wasit.

The old town of Kut is within a sharp "U" bend of the river, opposite from the point where the Shatt al-Gharraf branches off from the Tigris. This U-shaped bend almost makes it an island, but for a narrow connection to land. Kut has been a regional center of the carpet trade for centuries. The area around Kut is a fertile cereal grain growing region. The Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility, looted following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, is located near Kut.

Geography

Climate

Kut has a hot desert climate (BWh) in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system. The average annual temperature in Kut is . About of precipitation falls annually.

History

thumb|The ancient city of Kut.

The medieval city of Madharaya was at the site of modern Kut. It lay at the point where the Nahrawan Canal flowed out into the Tigris. By the early 1200s, however, Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote that Madharaya was in ruins. During the Operation Iraqi Freedom, FOB Delta was

manned by Polish, Kazakhstan, El Salvadorian, Georgian, Lithuanian, British, and US Multi-National Forces. Sometime after 2009 the FOB was re-designated as a COB. COB Delta was closed on October 24, 2011 and officially turned over to the IAF in a handover ceremony that afternoon in the main flight line hangar/terminal. Later that evening, approximately 2,200, the last Force Pro civilians flew out by helicopter.

See also

  • Anglo-Iraqi War
  • List of places in Iraq
  • List of United States Military installations in Iraq
  • 2025 Kut shopping mall fire

References

Sources

  • Iraq Image - Al Kut Satellite Observation