Kalakin
Kalakin is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate and has an elevation of 943 metres. Kalakin is situated nearby to the locality Qayrān, as well as near Kānī Spīkah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sulemania.
Sulemania
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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.
Kalakin
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Galagan”, “Kīlā Kīn”, “Qal‘a Kin”, and “Qal‘at Kin”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.60486° or 35° 36′ 18″ northLongitude
45.43625° or 45° 26′ 11″ eastElevation
943 metres (3,094 feet)Open location code
8H77JC3P+WGGeoNames ID
92575
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Kalakin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كلكن”
- Kurdish: “Kełekn”
- Kurdish: “كەڵەكن”
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