Qirkah
Qirkah is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate and has an elevation of 934 metres. Qirkah is situated nearby to the locality Jāykhānah, as well as near the area Minţaqat Saywān.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sulemania.
Sulemania
Photo: Nawa Mukerji, CC BY 3.0.
Sulemania was founded in 1784 by Ibrahim Pasha Baban, a Kurdish prince, to be the capital of his principality. Since then it has been Iraqi Kurdistan’s cultural capital and home to philosophers, poets and writers.
Qirkah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Qirga” and “Qrga”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.53449° or 35° 32′ 4″ northLongitude
45.48074° or 45° 28′ 51″ eastElevation
934 metres (3,064 feet)Open location code
8H77GFMJ+Q7GeoNames ID
92228
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Qirkah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قركة”
- Kurdish: “Qiṟge”
- Kurdish: “قڕگە”
Localities in the Area
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