Qurna
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Qurna may refer to;
- KurnaKurnaKurna are various spelling for a group of three closely related villages located on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor in Egypt near the Theban Hills.New Qurna was designed and built in the late 1940s and early 1950s by...
, three village areas near the Theban Hills in Egypt - al-QurnahAl-QurnahAl-Qurnah is a small village in southern Iraq about 74 km northwest of Basra, within the town of Nahairat. Qurna is located at the point where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers join to form the Shatt al-Arab....
, a city in Iraq - Battle of QurnaBattle of QurnaThe Battle of Qurna, was between British forces and Ottoman forces that had retreated from Basra, which they lost at the Battle of Basra during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.-Background:...
, fought in, Qurna, Iraq - West Qurna FieldWest Qurna FieldWest Qurna is one of Iraq's largest oil fields, located north of Rumaila field, west of Basra. West Qurna is believed to hold of recoverable reserves, making it the second largest field in the world after Saudi Arabia's Ghawar oil field...
, an oil field near Qurna, Iraq