Jayshānah
Jayshānah is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate. Jayshānah is situated nearby to the locality Hazārmayt, as well as near the destroyed locality Barjōga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunara and Hazar merd Cave.
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 3 km northeast of Jayshānah.
Hazar merd Cave
Cave
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Hazar Merd is a group of Paleolithic cave sites excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928. The caves are located southwest of Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Hazar merd Cave is situated 3½ km west of Jayshānah.
Jayshānah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Jayshanah”, “Jeshana”, and “Jēshāna”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.49555° or 35° 29′ 44″ northLongitude
45.34728° or 45° 20′ 50″ eastElevation
788 metres (2,585 feet)Open location code
8H77F8WW+6WGeoNames ID
95162
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Jayshānah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيشانة”
- Kurdish: “Cêshane”
- Kurdish: “جێشانە”
Localities in the Area
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