Banwaqal

Banwaqal is a village in , . Banwaqal is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

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 . is situated 4 km southwest of Banwaqal.

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 3½ km east of Banwaqal.

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.

Banwaqal

Latitude
36.23875° or 36° 14′ 20″ north
Longitude
44.97° or 44° 58′ 12″ east
Open location code
8H866XQC+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7312478224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Banwaqal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بانوةقل”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include بازگەی بانوەقەل and بازگەی بانوەقەل.

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