Kirkuk

Kirkuk is a city in . However, its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the Iraqi government.
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  • City with about 975,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 350 metres (1,150 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KIK
  • Description: city in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Karkh Slukh”
    “Karkūk”
    “Kerkouk”
    “Kerkûk”
    “كركوك - کەرکووک”

Places of Interest

Discover Synagogue and shrine Prophet Daniel and Imam Qasm mosque.
Synagogue
The Mosque of the Prophet Daniel is a mosque located in the Kirkuk Citadel of Kirkuk, Iraq.
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Latitude
35.4719° or 35° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
44.3954° or 44° 23′ 43″ east
UN/LOCODE
IQ KIK
Open location code
8H76F9CW+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kirkuk” goes by many names.
KirkoekAfrikaans
KirkukAlbanian
ΚόρκυραAncient Greek (to 1453)
كركوكArabic
ԿիրկուկArmenian
ՔիրքուքArmenian
KirkukAsturian
KərkükAzerbaijani
Kərkük şəhəriAzerbaijani
KerkûkBasque
KirkukBasque
КіркукBelarusian
কিরকুকBengali
КиркукBulgarian
KerkükCatalan
KirkukCatalan
KirkukCebuano
كەركوكCentral Kurdish
کەرکوکCentral Kurdish
کەرکووکCentral Kurdish
基尔库克Chinese
基爾庫克Chinese
ܟܪܟܘܟClassical Syriac
KirkukCroatian
KirkúkCzech
KirkukDanish
KerkûkDimli (individual language)
KirkoekDutch
KirkukDutch
كركوكEgyptian Arabic
KirkukEsperanto
KirkukoEsperanto
KirkūkEstonian
KirkūkFinnish
კირკუკიGeorgian
ქირქუქიGeorgian
ΚιρκούκGreek
કિર્કુકGujarati
כירכוכHebrew
כרכוכHebrew
קירקוקHebrew
किरकुकHindi
KirkukHungarian
KirkukIdo
KirkukIndonesian
KirkukInterlingua
KirkukInterlingue
KirkukIrish
KirkukItalian
キルクークJapanese
KirkukJavanese
KirkukKabyle
KirkukKalaallisut
ಕಿರ್ಕುಕ್Kannada
کرکوکKashmiri
KïrkwkKazakh
КиркукKazakh
كىيركۋكKazakh
КиркукKirghiz
키르쿠크Korean
KerkûkKurdish
كەركوكKurdish
کەرکووکKurdish
KirkūkaLatvian
KirkukasLithuanian
KarkukLow German
KerkûkLow German
KirkukLow German
KarkukMainfränkisch
KerkûkMainfränkisch
KirkukMainfränkisch
KirkukMalay
കിർകുക്ക്Malayalam
KirkukMaori
किर्कुकMarathi
کرکوکMazanderani
ქირქუქიMingrelian
KirkukNorwegian
KerkukNorwegian Bokmål
KirkukNorwegian Bokmål
KirkukNorwegian Nynorsk
KirkukOccitan (post 1500)
ܟܪܟ ܣܠܘܟOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܟܪܟܘܟOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
КиркукOssetian
کرکوکPersian
KirkukPolish
KirkukRomanian
КиркукRussian
KirkukScots
KirkukSerbian
КиркукSerbian
KirkukSerbo-Croatian
KirkukSicilian
කර්කුක්Sinhala
KarkúkSlovak
KerkúkSlovak
KirkúkSlovak
KirkukSlovenian
کرکوکSouth Azerbaijani
ArraphaSwedish
KarkukSwedish
KerkukSwedish
KirkukSwedish
КиркукTajik
கிர்குக்Tamil
கிர்குக் நகரம்Tamil
КәркүкTatar
కిర్కుక్Telugu
KarkukThai
KerkukThai
KirkukThai
คีร์คูกThai
เคอร์คูกThai
KerkükTurkish
KirkukTurkish
KerkükTurkmen
КіркукUkrainian
کرکوکUrdu
KarkukUzbek
KirkukVenetian
KirkukVietnamese
KirkukWaray (Philippines)
ՔերքուքWestern Armenian
کرکوکWestern Panjabi
基尔库克Wu Chinese
基卻Yue Chinese
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