Kersonan

Kersonan is a locality in , . Kersonan is situated nearby to the farm village , as well as near the village .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sangasar and Qaladiza.

Town
is a small market town in , around 110 km East of and 120 km North of . in the late 1980s, Saddam Hussein forcibly displaced the inhabitants of the town as part of a plan to evict Kurdish people from the Eastern border with Iran. is situated 6 km northwest of Kersonan.

Town
Photo: Saman11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qaladze is a town in , , north of , near the Iranian border. It is surrounded by mountains like many parts of Kurdistan. The town is located in the middle of . is situated 7 km southeast of Kersonan.

Kersonan

Latitude
36.20844° or 36° 12′ 30″ north
Longitude
45.05617° or 45° 3′ 22″ east
Elevation
534 metres (1,752 feet)
Open location code
8H876354+9F
Geo­Names ID
94776
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kersonan” goes by many names.
  • Kurdish: “Kersonan”
  • Kurdish: “كەرسۆنان”

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