Ab-e Ganāw
Ab-e Ganāw is a stream in Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ab-e Ganāw is situated nearby to the locality Qoratû, as well as near Topawe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Kanaw.
Lake Kanaw
Reservoir
Genaw Pond is a pond in Ranya District, within Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is located approximately 50 km from the center of Ranya District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sangasar and Raniya.
Sangasar
Town
Sangasar is a small market town in Iraqi Kurdistan, around 110 km East of Erbil and 120 km North of Sulaymaniyah. 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. Sangasar is situated 5 km northeast of Ab-e Ganāw.
Raniya
Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
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.
Ab-e Ganāw
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Ab-e Ganaw”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.22056° or 36° 13′ 14″ northLongitude
44.95278° or 44° 57′ 10″ eastElevation
502 metres (1,647 feet)Open location code
8H866XC3+64GeoNames ID
96672
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Qoratû and Topawe.
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