Amirli
Sign in to saveAmirli (kurdish (ئامرلی); ) also spelt Amerli, is a predominantly Shia Turkmen settlement in the Saladin Governorate, Iraq, approximately 100 km from the Iranian border. It is the centre of a farming region.
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- Locality
- آمرلي
- Region
- محافظة صلاح الدين
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Amirli
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saladin Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tooz District
- Settlement.population_total
- 15,000-20,000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Tooz District
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Significant event
- Siege of Amirli
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 2007 bombing
- 2014 siege by ISIS
- Climate
- References
Amirli (kurdish (ئامرلی); ) also spelt Amerli, is a predominantly Shia Turkmen settlement in the Saladin Governorate, Iraq, approximately 100 km from the Iranian border. It is the centre of a farming region.
The town sits in a multi-ethnic region, with the town itself being mainly Shia Turkmen, and surrounded by Arab and Turkmen villages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amirli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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