Chamchamal
Sign in to saveChamchamal (, ) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The town is located close to the disputed territories of northern Iraq. Chamchamal is home to the Gorani-speaking Kurdish Hamawand tribe.
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Place details
- Locality
- چەمچەماڵ
- Region
- پارێزگای سلێمانی
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 42,593
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chamchamal
- Settlement.native_name
- Çemçemal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:A Chamchamal town center view, 2009.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sulaymaniyah Governorate
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 173,000
- Settlement.official_name
- چەمچەماڵ
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Population and location
- History
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Chamchamal (, ) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The town is located close to the disputed territories of northern Iraq. Chamchamal is home to the Gorani-speaking Kurdish Hamawand tribe.
As part of the Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq, and the redrawing of provincial boundaries, Chamchamal became part of the Sulaymaniyah province.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chamchamal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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