Middle East
Iran
Kurdistan Province

Saqqez County

Saqqez County is in province, Iran. Its capital is the city of . Saqqez County has an elevation of 1,646 metres.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: County with 226,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kurdistan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Shahrestan-e Saqqez” and “Shahrestān-e Saqqez”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seqqez and Duzakh Darreh.

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is in Kurdistan in . It has a population of around 165,000 in the city in 2015, and 226,000 in the metropolitan area. Saqqez is the second most populous city in Kurdistan province after .

Village
is a village in Sara Rural District, in the Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 743, in 161 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Village
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is a village in Sara Rural District, in the Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 210, in 43 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Saqqez County

Latitude
36.2382° or 36° 14′ 17″ north
Longitude
46.2737° or 46° 16′ 25″ east
Population
226,000
Elevation
1,646 metres (5,400 feet)
Open location code
8H8867QF+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3515355261
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
449604
Wiki­data ID
Q349004
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Saqqez County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سقز”
  • Azerbaijani: “Saqqız şəhristanı”
  • Catalan: “xarestan de Sakkiz”
  • Cebuano: “Saqqez”
  • Central Kurdish: “شارستانی سەقز”
  • Chinese: “Saqqez Kūn”
  • Chinese: “萨盖兹县”
  • Chinese: “萨盖兹郡”
  • Dutch: “Saqqez”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شهرستان سقز”
  • French: “comté de Saqqez”
  • French: “préfecture de Saqqez”
  • French: “Préfecture de Saqqez”
  • French: “Saqqez”
  • German: “Saqqez-Schahrestan”
  • German: “Saqqez”
  • Gilaki: “شهرستان سقز”
  • Hungarian: “Szakkez megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Saqqez”
  • Italian: “shahrestān di Saqqez”
  • Italian: “Shahrestān di Saqqez”
  • Japanese: “サッゲズ郡”
  • Kurdish: “Seqiz”
  • Mazanderani: “سقز شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saqqez Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saghez”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saqqez fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Saghez”
  • Persian: “سقز”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سقز”
  • Pushto: “سقز ولسوالي”
  • Russian: “Секкез”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sakeški okrug”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساققیز بؤلگه‌سی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سقز بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Swedish: “Saqqez”
  • Tajik: “Şahristoni Saqqiz”
  • Tajik: “Шаҳристони Сақиз”
  • Tajik: “Шаҳристони Саққиз”
  • Turkish: “Saggız şehristanı”
  • Turkish: “Sakkez şehristanı”
  • Turkish: “Sakkız şehristanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Саккез (шагрестан)”
  • Ukrainian: “Саккез”
  • Urdu: “شہرستان سقز”
  • Welsh: “Sir Saqqez”
  • Western Panjabi: “شہرستان سقز”

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