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Halabja
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Halabja () is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about northeast of Baghdad and from the Iranian border.
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Halabja is a city in Iraq that serves as the capital of Halabja Governorate. Established in 1650, the municipality covers an area of 1,599 square kilometers. It is situated at an elevation of 721 meters above sea level and operates within the Asia/Baghdad time zone.
The city has a population of 65,200, though another source lists the figure as 57,333. The local government is led by a governor. Halabja is located in the Halabja Governorate, which is also identified by its Kurdish name.
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Place details
- Locality
- ھەڵەبجە
- Region
- پارێزگای ھەڵەبجە
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 57,333
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Halabja.jpg
- Settlement.native_name
- هەڵەبجە
- Settlement.image_caption
- Halabja city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraqi Kurdistan#Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Halabja in Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Halabja
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1650 BC
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Nuxsha Nasih
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1600
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 900
- Settlement.population_total
- 245700
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Halabja Governorate
- Population
- 65200
- Area
- 1599
- Elevation
- 721
- Capital of
- Halabja Governorate
- Image
- Halabja.jpg
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- Commons category
- Halabja
- topic's main category
- Category:Halabja
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Halabja
- office held by head of government
- governor
- inception
- 1650-00-00
- P12749
- Lusaka
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
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Go next
Sulaymaniyah is an easy 1-1½ hour drive. Described as the center of education and culture in Kurdistan. The city features the best museums in Iraqi Kurdistan, good hotels and a number of pleasant parks including Chavvy Land.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Chemical attack
- Kurdish autonomy
- Modern times
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Halabja () is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about northeast of Baghdad and from the Iranian border.
The city lies at the base of what is often referred to as the greater Hewraman region stretching across the Iran–Iraq border. Halabja is surrounded by Hawraman and Shnrwe range in the northeast, Balambo range in the south and Sirwan river in the west. The Kurds in the city of Halabja generally speak only the Sorani dialect of Kurdish, but some residents of the surrounding villages speak the Hewrami dialect.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halabja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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