Xirke
Xirke is a locality in Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate and has an elevation of 828 metres. Xirke is situated nearby to the locality Memkan, as well as near the village Mam Ali.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raniya.
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.
Xirke
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Khirka” and “Khirkah”
- Location: Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.31364° or 36° 18′ 49″ northLongitude
44.91009° or 44° 54′ 36″ eastElevation
828 metres (2,717 feet)Open location code
8H868W76+F2GeoNames ID
447264
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Xirke” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خركة”
- Kurdish: “Xirke”
- Kurdish: “خركە”
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