Guards

Guards is an office in , . Guards is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Citadel of Erbil and Kurdish Textile Museum.

Castle
Photo: jan kurdistani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of in the of . The citadel was added to the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014. is situated 780 metres west of Guards.

Museum
Photo: Ara Qadir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a devoted to textiles and other cultural works produced in , especially in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the in . is situated 670 metres west of Guards.

Marketplace
A is a type of covered bazaar typical of and . Arbil contains an extensive Qaysari, just south of the citadel in the center of town that was first established in the early 13th century AD. is situated 750 metres west of Guards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erbil and Ankawa.

Photo: Lamacchiacosta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital and largest city in , and the fourth-largest city in . It is one of the oldest continually-inhabited sites of human civilization, and is also a rapidly-growing and urbanizing center for the oil industry and NGOs in the Middle East.

Town
is a suburb of in , Iraq. It is located 8 kilometres northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Christian Assyrians, most of whom adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church. is situated 5 km northwest of Guards.

Guards

Latitude
36.18915° or 36° 11′ 21″ north
Longitude
44.01751° or 44° 1′ 3″ east
Open location code
8H8652Q9+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1467832020
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­security
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In Other Languages

“Guards” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حارس أمن”

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