Jabal Kaywahrash
Jabal Kaywahrash is a mountain in Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate and has an elevation of 1,164 metres. Jabal Kaywahrash is situated nearby to the locality Gla Zarda, as well as near Sîde Feqîre.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. Lake Kanaw is situated 4 km south of Jabal Kaywahrash.
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 6 km east of Jabal Kaywahrash.
Jabal Kaywahrash
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,164 metres
- Also known as: “Kēw-a Rash”
- Category: landform
- Location: Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.24997° or 36° 14′ 60″ northLongitude
44.9362° or 44° 56′ 10″ eastElevation
1,164 metres (3,819 feet)Open location code
8H866WXP+XFGeoNames ID
447676
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Jabal Kaywahrash” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل كيوەرش”
- Kurdish: “Shax-î Kêweṟesh”
- Kurdish: “شاخى كێوەڕەش”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gla Zarda and Sîde Feqîre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Qimmat Māmā Kūlā and Jabal Kaywahrash.
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