Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulemania Governorate
Pshdar District

Sangasar

Sangasar is a small market town in , around 110 km East of and 120 km North of . in the late 1980s, Saddam Hussein forcibly displaced the inhabitants of the town as part of a plan to evict Kurdish people from the Eastern border with Iran.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Darak Dula, Darōk, Darōk Dūla, Darok Dulo, Darwakadūla, Darwakdula, Darwakidawlah, Dawrak Dūlah, Dork Dula”, “Sangah sār”, “Sangasār”, “Sankah Sār”, “Singasir”, and “Sungāsar”

Sangasar

Latitude
36.24386° or 36° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
45.00572° or 45° 0′ 21″ east
Elevation
570 metres (1,870 feet)
Open location code
8H8762V4+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2488314261
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
90701
Wiki­data ID
Q85847154
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Sangasar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دروكدولة”
  • Arabic: “سنكاسار”
  • Arabic: “سنكسر”
  • Arabic: “سنکسر”
  • Arabic: “سنگسر”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەنگەسەر”
  • Dutch: “Sangasar”
  • French: “Sangasar”
  • German: “Sangasar”
  • Greek: “Σανγκασάρ”
  • Kurdish: “Sengeser”
  • Kurdish: “سەنگەسەر”
  • Persian: “سنگسر”
  • Persian: “سنگه‌سر”
  • Russian: “Сангасар”

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