Halabja
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Place details
- Locality
- ھەڵەبجە
- Region
- پارێزگای ھەڵەبجە
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 57,333
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Halabja.jpg
- Settlement.native_name
- هەڵەبجە
- Settlement.image_caption
- Halabja city
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- Iraqi Kurdistan#Iraq
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- 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
Key dates
- Inception
- 1650
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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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- History
- Early history
- Chemical attack
- Kurdish autonomy
- Modern times
- Climate
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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.
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.