Iraqi Kurdistan
Erbil Governorate
Koy Sinjaq District

Koya

Koya or Koye, also known as Koy Sanjaq or Koysinjaq, surrounded by the Bawaji and Haibat Sultan mountains, is known as one of the most beautiful regions of Kurdistan.
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  • Type: Town with 45,000 residents
  • Description: town in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Also known as: “Kawīyah”, “Koi Sanjaq”, “Koisnjaq”, “Kou Senaq”, “Kou Senjaq”, “Koy Sanjaq”, “Koy Senjaq”, “Kuwaysinjaq”, “Kūyah”, and “Kūysinjaq”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hrmuta.

Village
Armota is a village in in , . It is located in the . In the village, there is a church of Mart Mariam, a church of Mar Michael, and a shrine to Mart Shmune.

Koya

Latitude
36.0848° or 36° 5′ 5″ north
Longitude
44.6277° or 44° 37′ 40″ east
Population
45,000
Elevation
600 metres (1,969 feet)
Open location code
8H863JMH+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 470018430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
94220
Wiki­data ID
Q1778824
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Koya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوي سنجق”
  • Arabic: “كوية”
  • Arabic: “كويسنجق”
  • Asturian: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Köysancaq”
  • Bengali: “কোয় সাঞ্জাক”
  • Catalan: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Cebuano: “Koysinceq”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆیە”
  • Chinese: “库伊桑贾格”
  • Chinese: “科亚”
  • Chinese: “科亞”
  • Chinese: “科伊·桑姜克”
  • Chinese: “科伊桑賈克”
  • Chinese: “科伊桑贾克”
  • Czech: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Danish: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Dutch: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوى سنجق”
  • Esperanto: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Finnish: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • French: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • German: “Koy Sandschaq”
  • German: “Koya”
  • German: “Koysancak”
  • Greek: “Κόγια”
  • Gujarati: “કોય સંજેક”
  • Hebrew: “כוי סנג’ק”
  • Hindi: “कोई संजक”
  • Indonesian: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Italian: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Japanese: “コイサニャク”
  • Japanese: “コイジンジャク”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಯ್ ಸಂಜಾಕ್”
  • Korean: “코이 산뱝”
  • Kurdish: “Koye”
  • Kurdish: “Koysinceq”
  • Kurdish: “Koysinjaq”
  • Kurdish: “كۆيسنجەق”
  • Kurdish: “كۆيە”
  • Latvian: “Koi Sandžaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Koi Sandžakas”
  • Malay: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Marathi: “कोय़ सनजाक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Norwegian: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Persian: “کوی سنجق”
  • Persian: “کویسنجق”
  • Persian: “کوی‌سنجق”
  • Polish: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Polish: “Kuj Sandżak”
  • Russian: “Кей-Санджак”
  • Russian: “Кёй-Санджак”
  • Scots: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Sinhala: “කොයි සන්ජක්”
  • Spanish: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Swedish: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Swedish: “Koysinceq”
  • Tamil: “கொய் சன்ஜக்”
  • Telugu: “కోయ్ సంజక్”
  • Thai: “กอย ซานขาค”
  • Turkish: “Köysancak”
  • Ukrainian: “Кей-Санджак”
  • Ukrainian: “Кой-Санджак”
  • Urdu: “کوئی سنجق”
  • Uzbek: “Koy Sanjaq”
  • Vietnamese: “Koy Sanjaq”

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