Shimshara

Shimshara is an archaeological site in , . Shimshara is situated nearby to the reservoir , as well as near the hill .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lake Kanaw.

Reservoir
Genaw Pond is a pond in , within , in the Kurdistan Region of . It is located approximately 50 km from the center of .

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 8 km northeast of Shimshara.

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.

Shimshara

Latitude
36.20081° or 36° 12′ 3″ north
Longitude
44.93835° or 44° 56′ 18″ east
Open location code
8H866W2Q+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3523800857
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
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Satellite Map

Discover Shimshara from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Shimshara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمشارة”

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Highlights include گۆڕستانی تەپکەقەل and تەپکە قەل.

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