Amedi
Sign in to saveAmedi or Amadiye (; ; ) is a town in the Duhok Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Amedi
- Settlement.native_name
- ئامێدی
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 173606 The picturesque village of Amedye, Iraq in 2009.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bird's eye view of Amêdî
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq#Iraqi Kurdistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Duhok
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Amedi
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- Before 3000 B.C.
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Amedi or Amadiye (; ; ) is a town in the Duhok Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley.
== Etymology == According to ibn al-Athir, the Arabic name "ʿAmadiyya" is eponymous to Imad al-Din Zengi, who built a Citadel in 1142 on the site of an earlier fortification called āšib. Another theory is that the name derives from Imad al-Dawla, but this theory is less likely.