Hwane
Hwane is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate. Hwane is situated nearby to the locality Zhāla-i Sarū, as well as near Qaratawghān.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.
Hwane
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Huwana”, “Huwāna”, and “Huwānah”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.49862° or 35° 29′ 55″ northLongitude
45.44058° or 45° 26′ 26″ eastElevation
705 metres (2,313 feet)Open location code
8H77FCXR+C6GeoNames ID
95660
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Hwane” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوانة”
- Kurdish: “Hwane”
- Kurdish: “هوانە”
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