Hulwan
Hulwan was an ancient town on the Zagros Mountains in western Iran, located on the entrance of the Paytak Pass, nowadays identified with the town of Sarpol-e Zahab.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Residential area
- Description: ancient Iranian town near present-day Sarpol-e Zahab
- Also known as: “Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb” and “sarpolezahab”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Anubanini rock relief.
Anubanini rock relief
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anubanini petroglyph, also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, is a rock relief from the Akkad period or the Isin-Larsa period located in Kermanshah province, Iran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarpol-e Zahab and Kal Davud.
Sarpol-e Zahab
Town
Sarpol-e Zahab is a city in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The town is close to Qasr-e Shirin and the Iraqi border.
Kal Davud
Village
Kal Davud is a village in Qaleh Shahin Rural District, in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 131, in 28 families. Kal Davud is situated 4 km southeast of Hulwan.
Anzal
Village
Anzal is a village in Qaleh Shahin Rural District, in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 343, in 78 families. Anzal is situated 6 km southeast of Hulwan.
Hulwan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kermanshah Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.4592° or 34° 27′ 33″ northLongitude
45.8629° or 45° 51′ 47″ eastElevation
660 metres (2,165 feet)Open location code
8H67FV57+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 262491766OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Hulwan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حلوان”
- Catalan: “Hulwan”
- Catalan: “Hulwand”
- Chinese: “哈爾萬”
- Dutch: “Hulwan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حلوان”
- French: “Sar-e Pol-e Zahab”
- French: “Sarpol Zahab”
- French: “Sarpol-e Zahab”
- French: “Sarpol-e Zohab”
- French: “Sarpol-i Zahab”
- German: “Hulwan”
- Hebrew: “חלואן”
- Indonesian: “Hulwan”
- Irish: “Hulwan”
- Japanese: “フルワン”
- Javanese: “Hulwan”
- Malay: “Hulwan”
- Persian: “حلوان”
- Portuguese: “Hulvã”
- Portuguese: “Hulvan”
- Serbian: “Хулван”
- Spanish: “Hulwán”
- Turkish: “Hulvan”
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