Ranya
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Ranya (, ) is a town located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and is part of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. The town and its inhabitants are well known for their involvement in the 1991 Uprising (Kurdish: Raperîn) against Ba'athist Iraq .
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Place details
- Locality
- ڕانیە
- Region
- پارێزگای سلێمانی
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 114,173
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ranya
- Settlement.native_name
- ڕانیە (Kurdish)
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ckb
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ranya-Rekar.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Ranya
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the Kurdistan Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sulaymaniyah Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ranya District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1300
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 197,700
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geographical location
- History
- Economy
- Demographics
- Culture
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Ranya (, ) is a town located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and is part of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. The town and its inhabitants are well known for their involvement in the 1991 Uprising (Kurdish: Raperîn) against Ba'athist Iraq .
== Geographical location ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ranya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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