Memkan

Memkan is a locality in , and has an elevation of 809 metres. Memkan is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raniya.

Photo: Shairania, Public domain.
is a town of 258,000 people in of , 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.

Memkan

Latitude
36.30859° or 36° 18′ 31″ north
Longitude
44.90889° or 44° 54′ 32″ east
Elevation
809 metres (2,654 feet)
Open location code
8H868W55+CH
Geo­Names ID
8429536
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Satellite Map

Discover Memkan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Memkan” goes by many names.
  • Kurdish: “Memkan”
  • Kurdish: “مەمكان”

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