Banweqel

Banweqel is a locality in , . Banweqel is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Kanaw.

Reservoir
is a lake in , within , in the Kurdistan Region of northern . It is located approximately 50 km from the center of . is situated 4 km southwest of Banweqel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sangasar and Raniya.

Town
is a small market town in , around 110 km East of and 120 km North of . 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. is situated 3½ km east of Banweqel.

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.

Banweqel

Latitude
36.239° or 36° 14′ 20″ north
Longitude
44.96962° or 44° 58′ 11″ east
Elevation
538 metres (1,765 feet)
Open location code
8H866XQ9+JR
Geo­Names ID
8429552
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In Other Languages

“Banweqel” goes by many names.
  • Kurdish: Banweqel
  • Kurdish: بانوەقەل

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