Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulemania Governorate
Pshdar District

Dūkūm

Dūkūm is a locality in , . Dūkūm is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sangasar and Raniya.

Town
is a small market town in , around 110 km East of and 120 km North of . 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. is situated 7 km southeast of Dūkūm.

Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
is a town of 258,000 people in of , 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.

Dūkūm

Latitude
36.29143° or 36° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
44.96274° or 44° 57′ 46″ east
Elevation
670 metres (2,198 feet)
Open location code
8H867XR7+H3
Geo­Names ID
96909
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Dūkūm” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Dūkūm”
  • Arabic: “دوكوم”
  • Kurdish: “Dogoman”
  • Kurdish: “Du Goman”
  • Kurdish: “Dû Goman”
  • Kurdish: “دو گۆمان”
  • Kurdish: “دوو گۆمان”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bān-a Bārik and Jabal Binābārik.

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