Topawe
Topawe is a locality in Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate. Topawe is situated nearby to the locality Hanjīrah, as well as near Būskīn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Kanaw.
Lake Kanaw
Reservoir
Genaw Pond is a pond in Ranya District, within Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is located approximately 50 km from the center of Ranya District.
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 8 km east of Topawe.
Topawe
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Nōbāwa”, “Tawpāwah”, and “Topawa”
- Location: Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.21852° or 36° 13′ 7″ northLongitude
44.92502° or 44° 55′ 30″ eastElevation
518 metres (1,699 feet)Open location code
8H866W9G+C2GeoNames ID
447675
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In Other Languages
“Topawe” goes by many names.
- Kurdish: “Topawe”
- Kurdish: “تۆپاوە”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hanjīrah and Būskīn.
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