Kurdistan
Kurdistan is a residential area in Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raniya.
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.
Kurdistan
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Ranya District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.23584° or 36° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
44.77709° or 44° 46′ 38″ eastElevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)Open location code
8H866QPG+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1017665710OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
8429352
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In Other Languages
“Kurdistan” goes by many names.
- Kurdish: “Kurdistan”
- Kurdish: “كوردستان”
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