Shaqlawa

Shaqlawa
location
Shaqlawa
Coordinates	36 ° 24 '  N , 44 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 24 '  N , 44 ° 21'  E
Country	Iraq
Autonomous Region	Kurdistan
Governorate	Erbil
Basic data
height	966  m
Residents	124,628 (2009)
prefix	40 (city), 964 (country)
Street scene (2015)

Shaqlawa ( Kurdish شەقڵاوە, Sheqlawe ; Arabic شقلاوة, DMG Šaqlāwa ) is a small town in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in Iraq. The city belongs to the Erbil Governorate and is about 966 m above sea level. on Mount Safin. Schaqlawa is located about 51 km northeast of Erbil , the capital of Kurdistan, on a highway that leads to Piranshahr in Iran.

sons and daughters of the town

• Abdullah Ismail Ahmad (* 1927), Kurdish politician

See also

• List of cities in the autonomous region of Kurdistan
• List of cities in Iraq

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RURAL POPULATION IN SHAQLAWA DISTRICT-KURDISTAN REGION / IRAQ , Academia.edu. Retrieved February 1, 2014
2. ↑
3. ↑ Shaqlawa. In: erbillifestyle.com. Erbil Lifestyle, May 9, 2012, accessed December 21, 2015 . 

Web links

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