Ranya District
Ranya District is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. Its capital is Ranya. The district has a population of 200,826. The district includes three towns, Çiwarqurne, Bêtwate and Hacî awa, and is the centre of the Bîtwên and Raperîn area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Iraq
- Description: district in Kurdistan, Iraq
- Also known as: “Qaḑā’ Rāniyah”, “Rania District”, “Rania Qadha”, “Rāniyah”, “Ranya”, and “Rānya Qadhā””
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raniya.
Raniya
Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
Raniya is a town of 258,000 people in Sulemania Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, surrounded by mountains, rivers, and Lake Dukan. It is known as the “Intifada Gate”, because Rania was the starting point for the Kurdish uprising in northern Iraq against the regime of Saddam Hussein on March 5, 1991.
Ranya District
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ranya District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قضاء رانية”
- Cebuano: “Rania District”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕانیە”
- Central Kurdish: “قەزای ڕانیە”
- Chinese: “拉尼耶区”
- Chinese: “拉尼耶區”
- Dutch: “Ranya district”
- Kurdish: “Rania”
- Kurdish: “Raniye (navçe)”
- Kurdish: “Raniye”
- Kurdish: “Ṟanye”
- Kurdish: “ڕانيە”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ranya-distriktet”
- Persian: “شهرستان رانیه”
- Swedish: “Rania District”
- Turkish: “Raniye (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Raniye”
- Uzbek: “Ranya tumani”
Localities in the Area
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