Qaratawghān
Qaratawghān is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate. Qaratawghān is situated nearby to the locality Shaykh ‘Abbās, as well as near Hwane.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Qaratawghān
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Qarah Jūghān”, “Qarah Tūkhān”, “Qaratawghan”, “Qaratoghan”, and “Qaratughān”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.51447° or 35° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
45.43422° or 45° 26′ 3″ eastElevation
754 metres (2,474 feet)Open location code
8H77GC7M+QMGeoNames ID
92410
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In Other Languages
“Qaratawghān” goes by many names.
- Kurdish: “Qeretoghan”
- Kurdish: “قەرەتۆغان”
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