Qoratû

Qoratû is a locality in , . Qoratû is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Kanaw.

Reservoir
Genaw Pond is a pond in , within , in the Kurdistan Region of . It is located approximately 50 km from the center of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sangasar and Raniya.

Town
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. is situated 5 km east of Qoratû.

Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
is a town of 258,000 people in of , 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.

Qoratû

Latitude
36.22778° or 36° 13′ 40″ north
Longitude
44.9494° or 44° 56′ 58″ east
Elevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)
Open location code
8H866WHX+4Q
Geo­Names ID
92154
Wiki­data ID
Q61390687
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Qoratû” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ناحية قورة تو”
  • Central Kurdish: “قۆرەتوو”
  • Kurdish: “Qore Tû”
  • Kurdish: “Qurego”
  • Kurdish: “قورەگۆ”
  • Kurdish: “قۆرە توو”

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