Gird Can

Gird Can is a locality in Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate. Gird Can is situated nearby to the town Hajiawa, as well as near the locality Chwarquṟne.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hajiawa and Raniya.

Hajiawa

Town

Photo: Hamagelarai, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hajiawa is a town, which is situated 3 km north of Gird Can.

Raniya is a town of 258,000 people in Sulemania Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, surrounded by mountains, rivers, and Lake Dukan. It is known as the “Intifada Gate”, because Rania was the starting point for the Kurdish uprising in northern Iraq against the regime of Saddam Hussein on March 5, 1991.

Gird Can

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Gird Jān”, “Girdjān”, “Girjān”, “Grdjan”, “Jird Jān”, and “Kird Jān”
Location: Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.20827° or 36° 12′ 30″ north

Longitude

44.79315° or 44° 47′ 35″ east

Elevation

536 metres (1,759 feet)

Open location code

8H866Q5V+87

GeoNames ID

96484

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Gird Can” goes by many names.

Arabic: “گرجان”
Kurdish: “Gird Can”
Kurdish: “Gird Jan”
Kurdish: “گرد جان”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chwarquṟne and Qerenyaghe.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Khalīfān and Jabal Sūrahyil.

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