Banweqel
Banweqel is a locality in Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate. Banweqel is situated nearby to the locality Tua Suran Old, as well as near Gla Zarda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Kanaw.
Lake Kanaw
Reservoir
Lake Kanaw is a lake in Ranya District, within Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. It is located approximately 50 km from the center of Ranya District. Lake Kanaw is situated 4 km southwest of Banweqel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sangasar and Raniya.
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 is situated 3½ km east of Banweqel.
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.
Banweqel
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Banwaqal”
- Location: Pshdar District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.239° or 36° 14′ 20″ northLongitude
44.96962° or 44° 58′ 11″ eastElevation
538 metres (1,765 feet)Open location code
8H866XQ9+JRGeoNames ID
8429552
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In Other Languages
“Banweqel” goes by many names.
- Kurdish: “Banweqel”
- Kurdish: “بانوەقەل”
Localities in the Area
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