al-Qurnah

Al-Qurnah is a town in southern Iraq approximately 74 km northwest of Basra, in the town of Nahairat. Qurna is placed at the confluence point of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to shape the Shatt al-Arab. Local folklore holds Qurna to had been the website of the Garden of Eden. An historical jujube tree is locally celebrated and shown to the tourists because the real Tree of Knowledge of the Bible. The metropolis skilled the Battle of Qurna for the duration of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, when the British defeated Ottoman troops who had retreated from Basra.

The small Qurna Tourist Hotel changed into constructed throughout the Ba'athist period to inspire tourism for the area. However it is most probably no longer in use now. As of the begin of the 2003 Iraq War, conditions at the web page have been reportedly woeful. Cracked pavement and bullet holes in conjunction with the bad circumstance of the tree itself made destiny tourism appear out of the query. However, the vicinity's herbal surroundings and Western presence make it feasible for improvement for tourism.