Place:Chamchamal
Chamchamal Çemçemal | |
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Town | |
| چەمچەماڵ | |
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  Chamchamal  Chamchamal | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 35°32′0″N 44°50′0″E / 35.533333°N 44.833333°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Autonomous region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Province | Sulaymaniyah Governorate |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 65,300 |
Chamchamal (Kurdish: چهمچهماڵ, romanized: Çemçemal,[1][2] Arabic: جمجمال) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Controlled by Kurdistan, it is the town which is nearest located to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Chamchamal is home to the Gorani-speaking Hamawand tribe.[3]
Population and location
The city is a 30 minutes drive east from Kirkuk and an hour west of Sulaymaniyah.[4] The population was 58,000 in 2003.[4] The population in 2018 was 65,300 people, including Arabs.
History
The city has a historic citadel, and early Western observers of the region speculated that it has been inhabited since the Sassanid period.[5] The Chamchamal valley is also home to important paleolithic sites of Jarmo and Zarzi.[6]
Climate
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Notable people
- Thanun Pyriadi (born 1933), chemist, from Ali Mansour village
See also
- Garmekan (Sasanian province located in modern-day Kurdistan Region of Iraq)
- Garmian Region
- Beth Garmai
References
- ↑ "نووسینگهی پاسپۆرت له قهزای چهمچهماڵ دهكرێتهوه" (in ku). www.peyam.net. https://www.peyam.net/Details/5009.
- ↑ "Li Çemçemal û Silêmaniyeyê çalakiyên ciwanan -NÛ BÛ" (in ku). ANF News. https://anfkurdi.com/kurdistan/ciwanen-Soresger-li-Cemcemal-li-diji-dagirkeriye-dirusm-nivisin-118478.
- ↑ "Country Policy and Information Note Iraq: Blood feuds". 2017. p. 9. https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/995226/download.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Letter From Chamchamal, Iraq — March 17, 2003" (in en-US). http://www.poynter.org/2003/letter-from-chamchamal-iraq-march-17-2003/8420/.
- ↑ "Historic landmarks under threat in Chamchamal, Iraqi Kurdistan". 2009-09-01. http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2009/11/independentstate3275.htm.
- ↑ (UNESCO), Sanz, Nuria (2015-09-07). Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 9789231001079. https://books.google.com/books?id=1mfuCgAAQBAJ.
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