Penjwen District
Penjwen District is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq. During the Iran–Iraq War, much of the area was destroyed by aerial bombardments displacing thousands of people in the district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Iraq
- Description: district in Kurdistan, Iraq
- Also known as: “Penjwin District”, “Qada Penjwin”, “Qaḑā’ Banjiwayn”, “Qaḑā’ Banjiwīn”, “Qaḑā’ Banjwīn”, “Qaḑā’ Baynjiwayn”, “Qaḑā’ Baynjwīn”, and “Qaḑā’ Paynjwīn”
Penjwen District
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Penjwen District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بنجوين”
- Arabic: “قضاء بنجوين”
- Arabic: “قضاء بينجوين”
- Cebuano: “Penjwin District”
- Central Kurdish: “قەزای پێنجوێن”
- Dutch: “Penjwin district”
- Kurdish: “Pêncwîn (navçe)”
- Kurdish: “Pêncwîn”
- Kurdish: “Qeza-î Pênciwên”
- Kurdish: “قەزاى پێنجوێن”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penjwin-distriktet”
- Persian: “شهرستان پنجوین”
- Swedish: “Penjwin District”
- Turkish: “Pencevin (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Pencevin”
- Uzbek: “Penjven tumani”
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