Huidige Tijd in Al Qurnah, Irak — AST.

Al-Qurnah is a town in southern Iraq about 74 km northwest of Basra, that lies within the conglomeration of Nahairat. Qurna is located at the confluence point of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Local folklore holds Qurnah to have been the original site of biblical paradise, the Garden of Eden, and location of the Tree of Knowledge.

From Al Qurnah the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~1,004 km), London (~4,475 km), Singapore (~6,771 km), while Sydney sits about 13,029 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

Al Qurnah sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).

Al Madīnah (17 km), Al Hārithah (57 km), Basrah (65 km), Al Başrah al Qadīmah (68 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Al Qurnah — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Closest curated airport references from Al Qurnah: BSR Basra (56 km), BGW Baghdad (391 km), EBL Arbil (664 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.