Kawstay Jam
Kawstay Jam is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate. Kawstay Jam is situated nearby to the locality Kūr, as well as near Bakrajaw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunara.
Kunara
Archaeological site
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Tell Kunara is an ancient Near East archaeological site about 10 kilometers southwest of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It lies on the Tanjaro River. The site was occupied from the Chalcolithic period to the early second millennium BC. Kunara is situated 3½ km south of Kawstay Jam.
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.
Kawstay Jam
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Kōsta-i Cham”, “Kostay Cham”, “Kusa”, and “Kūsah”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.5489° or 35° 32′ 56″ northLongitude
45.36355° or 45° 21′ 49″ eastElevation
747 metres (2,451 feet)Open location code
8H77G9X7+HCGeoNames ID
94222
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Kawstay Jam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوستي جم”
- Kurdish: “Koste-î Chem”
- Kurdish: “كۆستەى چەم”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sulaimaniyah International Airport and Dr Jamal Ahmad Rashid’s Pediatric Teaching Hospital.
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