Geli Ali Bag waterfall

Geli Ali Beg Waterfall is located in the of , which lies some 130 km north of . The waterfall is named after the Yazidi prince, Mîr Elî Beg who was executed by Prince Muhammad of Rawanduz at this valley at the end of 1833 for refusing to convert to Islam.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Also known as: “Geli Ali Beg Waterfall” and “Geli Eli Beg Waterfall”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khalifan and Rawanduz.

Town
, is a town and sub-district located in Erbil Province, in , near . It is located 80 km northeast of and the majority of its population are Kurds. is situated 4½ km southwest of Geli Ali Bag waterfall.

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Rawandiz is a city in . is multicultural hub of trade tucked away between tall mountains and deep river gorges.

Town
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is a city in , and the administrative centre of in , . is one of the largest cities in with a population of about 64,177 people. is situated 9 km east of Geli Ali Bag waterfall.

Geli Ali Bag waterfall

Latitude
36.63145° or 36° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
44.44589° or 44° 26′ 45″ east
Open location code
8H86JCJW+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4531101991
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Wiki­data ID
Q4115462
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Geli Ali Bag waterfall” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلال كلي علي بك”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاڤگەی گەلیی عەلی بەگ”
  • German: “Geli Ali Beg”
  • Hungarian: “Gali Ali Bag”
  • Hungarian: “Gali Ali Bak”
  • Hungarian: “Gali Ali Beg”
  • Hungarian: “Geli Ali Beg”
  • Hungarian: “Geli Ali Bek”
  • Kurdish: “Avşara Geliyê Elî Beg”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “شلال گلي علي بك”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gali Ali Beg-fossen”
  • Persian: “آبشار گلی علی بیگ”
  • Portuguese: “Cascata de Geli Ali Beg”
  • Spanish: “Cascada de Geli Ali Beg”
  • Swedish: “Geli Eli Beg”
  • Turkish: “Geli Ali Bey Şelalesi”
  • Uzbek: “Geli Ali Beg sharsharasi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include شلال گلي علي and بازگه‌ی گه‌لی عه‌لی به‌گ.

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