Harir
Harir is a town and sub-district in Erbil Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The town is located in the Shaqlawa District. The town is known for its proximity to the Harir Air Base. In the town, there was a church of Mar Yohanna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chaldean, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: town and a sub-district located in the district of Shaqlawa, Hawler, Kurdistan, Iraq
- Also known as: “Dayrah Ḩarīr”, “Ḩarir”, “Ḩarīr”, “Harir, Iraq”, and “ديره حرير”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harir rock-relief.
Harir rock-relief
Archaeological site
Photo: Neuroforever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harir rock-relief is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khalifan and Banoka.
Khalifan
Town
Khalifan, is a town located in Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, near Rawandiz. It is located 80 northeast of Erbil and the majority of its population are Kurds. Khalifan is situated 8 km northeast of Harir.
Banoka
Village
Photo: Sarchia Banokay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Banoka is a village located in Kurdistan Region's Erbil Province. It is located in the northeast of Erbil, near the town of Khalifan. Banoka is situated 9 km north of Harir.
Harir
- Categories: subdistrict of Iraq and locality
- Location: Shaqlawa, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.55184° or 36° 33′ 7″ northLongitude
44.35409° or 44° 21′ 15″ eastPopulation
22,000Elevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)Open location code
8H86H923+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5167213053OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
96046Wikidata ID
Q4122022
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Harir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حرير”
- Arabic: “ناحية حرير”
- Arabic: “هریر”
- Asturian: “Harir”
- Central Kurdish: “هەریر”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەریر”
- Dutch: “Harir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ناحية حرير”
- German: “Harir”
- Japanese: “ハリル”
- Kurdish: “Herîr”
- Kurdish: “Ḧerîr”
- Kurdish: “حەرير”
- Kurdish: “ھەرير”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harir i Irak”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܪܝܪ”
- Persian: “ناحیه حریر”
- Polish: “Harir”
- Russian: “Харир”
- Turkish: “Harir”
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