Ghālū

Ghālū is a locality in , . Ghālū is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the abandoned locality .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raniya and Sangasar.

Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
is a town of 258,000 people in of , 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.

Town
is a small market town in , around 110 km East of and 120 km North of . 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. is situated 9 km southeast of Ghālū.

Ghālū

Latitude
36.3125° or 36° 18′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.95167° or 44° 57′ 6″ east
Elevation
772 metres (2,533 feet)
Open location code
8H868X62+XM
Geo­Names ID
447326
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Ghālū” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Ghālū”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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