Lake Dukan
Lake Dukan is a lake in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located close to the city of Ranya, and is a reservoir on the Little Zab created by the construction of the Dukan Dam.
Photo: Zirguezi, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: artificial lake on the Little Zab in Iraq
- Also known as: “Buḩayrat Dokan”, “Buhayrat Dukan”, “Dokan”, “Dokan Anelaky”, “Dokhan Reservoir”, “Dukan Lake”, “Dukān Reservoir”, “Dukhān Lake”, “Gola Dûkan”, “Khazzān Dukān”, “بحيره دوكان”, and “دریاچهٔ دوکان”
Lake Dukan
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.12921° or 36° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.91551° or 44° 54′ 56″ east
Elevation
477 metres (1,565 feet)
Open location code
8H864WH8+M6
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Dukan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة دوكان”
- Catalan: “Llac Dukan”
- Cebuano: “Buḩayrat Dūkān”
- Central Kurdish: “دەریاچەی دووکان”
- Chinese: “杜坎湖”
- Danish: “Dukan”
- Dutch: “Dukanmeer”
- French: “lac Dukan”
- French: “Lac Dukan”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Ντουκάν”
- Greek: “Ντουκάν”
- Hebrew: “אגם דוכאן”
- Hebrew: “אגם דוקן”
- Italian: “lago Dukan”
- Japanese: “ドゥカン湖”
- Kurdish: “Deryaçeya Dûkan”
- Kurdish: “Deryachey Dûkan”
- Kurdish: “دەرياچەى دووكان”
- Lithuanian: “Dukano tvenkinys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dukansjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dukansjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه دوکان”
- Spanish: “Lago Dukan”
- Turkish: “Dukan Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Dukan”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Qūrah Shīnah and Bāz Musiyān.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Dasht-i Bītwen and Dasht-i Marga.
Sulemania Governorate: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sulemania and Raniya.
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