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Akre

Akre is a city located in of . It is disputed by the and the which both partially claim it. Akre is known for its celebrations of Newroz.
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  • Type: Town with 68,100 residents
  • Description: City in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Also known as: “‘Aqra”, “Ākrē”, “Aora”, and “Aqrah”

Akre

Latitude
36.73049° or 36° 43′ 50″ north
Longitude
43.87489° or 43° 52′ 30″ east
Population
68,100
Elevation
754 metres (2,474 feet)
Open location code
8H85PVJF+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 599171922
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
98822
Wiki­data ID
Q421302
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Akre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اكري”
  • Arabic: “عقرة”
  • Arabic: “عقره”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akra”
  • Cebuano: “‘Aqrah”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئاكرێ”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئاکرێ”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉 (杜胡克)”
  • Dutch: “Akre”
  • Dutch: “Aqrah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عقرة”
  • French: “Aqra”
  • French: “Aqrah”
  • German: “Akrê”
  • German: “Aqrah”
  • Hebrew: “עקרה”
  • Indonesian: “Akre”
  • Irish: “Akre”
  • Italian: “Aqrah”
  • Kurdish: “Akrê”
  • Kurdish: “ئاكرێ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aqrah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aqrah”
  • Persian: “عقره”
  • Polish: “Akra”
  • Portuguese: “Akre”
  • Russian: “Акра (Ирак)”
  • Russian: “Акра”
  • Serbian: “Акра, Дахук”
  • Spanish: “Aqrah”
  • Swedish: “Aqrah”
  • Turkish: “Akra, Irak”
  • Turkish: “Akra”
  • Ukrainian: “Акра”
  • Uzbek: “Akre”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Akre”. Photo: Ara Qadir, CC BY-SA 3.0.