Soran

Soran is a city in , and the administrative centre of in , . Soran is one of the largest cities in with a population of about 64,177 people.
  • Type: Town with 125,000 residents
  • Description: District in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Also known as: Diana”, “Diyana”, “Diyānā”, “Qaryat Diyānā”, “Sawrān”, and “Soran, Iraq

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rawanduz.

or Rawandiz is a city in . is multicultural hub of trade tucked away between tall mountains and deep river gorges.

Soran

Latitude
36.6555° or 36° 39′ 20″ north
Longitude
44.5422° or 44° 32′ 32″ east
Population
125,000
Elevation
741 metres (2,431 feet)
Open location code
8H86MG4R+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1413814168
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
96961
Wiki­data ID
Q1529881
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Soran” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ديانا
  • Arabic: سوران
  • Arabic: قرية ديانا
  • Catalan: Soran (Iraq)
  • Catalan: Soran
  • Central Kurdish: دیانا
  • Central Kurdish: دیانە
  • Central Kurdish: سۆران
  • Central Kurdish: شاری سۆران
  • Central Kurdish: قەزای سۆران
  • Dutch: Diana
  • Egyptian Arabic: سوران
  • French: Soran
  • German: Soran
  • Irish: Soran
  • Italian: Soran
  • Japanese: ソラン
  • Japanese: ディアナ (イラク)
  • Kurdish: Diyana
  • Kurdish: Diyane
  • Kurdish: Soran, Hewlêr
  • Kurdish: Soran
  • Kurdish: ديانە
  • Kurdish: سۆران
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Soran
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Soran i Irak
  • Norwegian: Soran
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܕܝܢܐ
  • Persian: سوران
  • Polish: Dijana
  • Portuguese: Soran
  • Russian: Дияна
  • Russian: Соран
  • Russian: Сорани
  • Spanish: Soran
  • Swedish: Soran
  • Turkish: Diyana
  • Turkish: Soran, Erbil
  • Turkish: Soran
  • Urdu: سوران، عراق
  • Urdu: سوران

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