Zakho

Zakho is a border town in . When traveling from into Iraq by car this is the main border crossing.
  • Town with about 219,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,440 feet)
  • Description: city and center of the Zakho District in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Also known as
    “Zākhaw”
    “Zaxo”

Places of Interest

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Latitude
37.1434° or 37° 8′ 36″ north
Longitude
42.6823° or 42° 40′ 56″ east
Open location code
8H944MVJ+9W
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yiddish—“Zakho” goes by many names.
ZahoAlbanian
ZākhūArabic
زاخوArabic
سوكوهArabic
ԶախոArmenian
ZakhoAsturian
ZaxoAzerbaijani
ЗахуBelarusian
ZakhoCatalan
ZaxoCatalan
ZaxoCebuano
زاخۆCentral Kurdish
扎胡Chinese
ZakúCzech
ZakhoDutch
زاخوEgyptian Arabic
ZaĥoEsperanto
ZākhūEstonian
ZakhoFinnish
ZaxoGalician
ΖάχοGreek
זאכוHebrew
ZahóHungarian
ZakhoItalian
ザーホーJapanese
ЗахуKazakh
자호Korean
ZaxoKurdish
ZaxuKurdish
زاخۆKurdish
زاخوMazanderani
ZakhoNorwegian
ZakhoNorwegian Bokmål
ZakhoNorwegian Nynorsk
ܙܐܚܘOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܙܟܘOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
زاخوPersian
ZachuPolish
ZakhoRomanian
ЗахуRussian
ЗахуSerbian
ZakhoSwedish
ZaxoSwedish
ZahoTurkish
ЗахуUkrainian
زاخوUrdu
زاخوWestern Panjabi
זאכאYiddish

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