Al Zab
Al Zab, Al-Zab, or Az-Zab is a town in Iraq administered as part of the Kirkuk Governorate's Hawija District. Between 2014-2017, it was under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and was recaptured by Iraqi government forces during the Hawija offensive in September, 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: The river near it is called zab. Whose basin is 22,000
- Also known as: “Az Zab”, “Az Zāb”, “Nāḩiyat az Zāb”, and “Nāḩīyat az Zāb, ناحية الزاب, Nahiyat az Zab, ناحية الزاب”
Al Zab
- Category: locality
- Location: Hawija District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.2673° or 35° 16′ 2″ northLongitude
43.44998° or 43° 26′ 60″ eastElevation
155 metres (509 feet)Open location code
8H757C8X+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2489253196OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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