Kānī Sūrah
Kānī Sūrah is a locality in Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate. Kānī Sūrah is situated nearby to the locality Kanî Gome, as well as near ‘Ewał.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunara.
Kunara
Archaeological site
Photo: Neuroforever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell Kunara is an ancient Near East archaeological site about 10 kilometers southwest of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It lies on the Tanjaro River. The site was occupied from the Chalcolithic period to the early second millennium BC. Kunara is situated 3½ km southwest of Kānī Sūrah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sulemania.
Sulemania
Photo: Nawa Mukerji, CC BY 3.0.
Sulemania was founded in 1784 by Ibrahim Pasha Baban, a Kurdish prince, to be the capital of his principality. Since then it has been Iraqi Kurdistan’s cultural capital and home to philosophers, poets and writers.
Kānī Sūrah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Kanasuwra” and “Kani Surah”
- Location: Sulaymaniyah District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.53676° or 35° 32′ 12″ northLongitude
45.38886° or 45° 23′ 20″ eastElevation
728 metres (2,388 feet)Open location code
8H77G9PQ+PGGeoNames ID
7426364
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Kānī Sūrah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاني سورة”
- Kurdish: “Kenesûre”
- Kurdish: “كەنەسوورە”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dr Jamal Ahmad Rashid’s Pediatric Teaching Hospital and Sulaymaniyah Maternity Hospital.
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