Ghelu Maxo Biznan
Ghelu Maxo Biznan is a locality in Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate. Ghelu Maxo Biznan is situated nearby to the abandoned locality Dūpān, as well as near the locality Dūkūm.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raniya and Sangasar.
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.
Sangasar
Town
Sangasar is a small market town in Iraqi Kurdistan, around 110 km East of Erbil and 120 km North of Sulaymaniyah. 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. Sangasar is situated 9 km southeast of Ghelu Maxo Biznan.
Ghelu Maxo Biznan
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ghalu” and “Makhu Bznan”
- Location: Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.31075° or 36° 18′ 39″ northLongitude
44.95094° or 44° 57′ 3″ eastElevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)Open location code
8H868X62+79GeoNames ID
447271
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Ghelu Maxo Biznan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Ghālū”
- Kurdish: “Ghelu Maxo Biznan”
- Kurdish: “Ghelu”
- Kurdish: “غەلو ماخۆ بزنان”
- Kurdish: “غەلو”
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