Sangasar
Sangasar is a locality in Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Sangasar is situated nearby to the locality Darwakadūla, as well as near Dawrak Dawlah.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sangasar.
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
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Sangasar Center”
- Location: Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.2469° or 36° 14′ 49″ northLongitude
45.0075° or 45° 0′ 27″ eastElevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)Open location code
8H8762W4+PXGeoNames ID
8354977
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Sangasar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سنگسر”
- Kurdish: “Sengeser”
- Kurdish: “سەنگەسەر”
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