Duhok
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Place details
- Locality
- دھۆک
- Region
- پارێزگای دھۆک
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 340,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Duhok
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Federal region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Duhok Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Duhok District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ali Tatar
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 577
- Settlement.timezone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Part of
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Official name
- دهۆک
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Population
- +330600
- Elevation
- +565
- Capital of
- Duhok Governorate
- Official website
- duhok.gov.krd
- Image
- Centrum van Duhok.jpg
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10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Demographics
- History
- Modern times
- Archaeology
- Climate
- Notable people
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Duhok (; ; , ) is a city in Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the capital city of Duhok Governorate.
== Name == The city of Duhok received its name from the Kurdish words 'du' (two) and 'hok' (lump) as a tax payment of two lumps from the basket of each passing caravan that often carry wheat and barley. According to a tradition presented by Sasson Nahum, Duhok was initially named Duhok-e Dasinya, signifying "Duhok of the Yezidis". However, after a massacre of the Yezidis, the town was abandoned, leading to the settlement of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the area.