Iraq
Diyala Governorate
Khanaqin District

Khanaqin

Khanaqin is the central city of Khanaqin District in , , near the Iranian border on the Alwand tributary of the . The town is populated by Kurds who speak the Southern Kurdish dialect.
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  • Type: Town with 170,000 residents
  • Description: city in Diyala Governorate, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Kanaqin”, “Kanaqin, Khanaqeen, Khānaqīn, Khanikin, Khaniqin, خانقين, Khanaqeen, Khanaqin, Khanikin, خانەقین”, “Khanaqeen”, “Khāneqeyn”, “Khāneqīn”, and “Khaniqin”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khosravi.

Village
is a village in, and the capital of, Alvand Rural District of the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, province, . is situated 9 km northeast of Khanaqin.

Khanaqin

Latitude
34.34751° or 34° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
45.39192° or 45° 23′ 31″ east
Population
170,000
Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)
Open location code
8H6789XR+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2488546069
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
94591
Wiki­data ID
Q1004283
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Khanaqin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خانقين”
  • Asturian: “Khanaqin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xanakin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Хаnаkin”
  • Catalan: “Khanakin”
  • Catalan: “Khanikin”
  • Cebuano: “Khānaqīn”
  • Central Kurdish: “خانەقین”
  • Chinese: “哈奈根”
  • Chuvash: “Ханакин”
  • Czech: “Chanaqin”
  • Dutch: “Khanaqin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خانقين”
  • French: “Kanaqin”
  • French: “Khanakin”
  • French: “Khanaqin”
  • German: “Chanaqin”
  • German: “Kanaqin”
  • German: “Khanaqin”
  • German: “Xaneqîn”
  • Hebrew: “חנקין”
  • Italian: “Khanaqin”
  • Japanese: “カナキン”
  • Japanese: “ハーナキーン”
  • Kazakh: “Xanakïn”
  • Kazakh: “Ханакин”
  • Kazakh: “حاناكىين”
  • Korean: “카나킨”
  • Kurdish: “Xaneqîn”
  • Kurdish: “Xaniqîn”
  • Kurdish: “خانەقين”
  • Kurdish: “خانەقین”
  • Malayalam: “ഖനാക്വിൻ”
  • Mazanderani: “خانقین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khanaqin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khanaqin”
  • Norwegian: “Khanaqin”
  • Persian: “خانقین”
  • Polish: “Chanakin”
  • Polish: “Khanaqin”
  • Polish: “Khánaqín”
  • Portuguese: “Khanaqin”
  • Romanian: “Khanaqin”
  • Russian: “Ханакин”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خانقین”
  • Spanish: “Khanaqin”
  • Swedish: “Khanaqin”
  • Swedish: “Khānaqīn”
  • Turkish: “Hanakin”
  • Turkish: “Hanekin”
  • Ukrainian: “Ханакін”
  • Urdu: “خانقین”
  • Western Panjabi: “خانقين”

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