Tuz Churmatu
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 53 ' N , 44 ° 38' E | ||
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 Iraq
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| Governorate | Salah ad-Din | ||
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| height | 220 m | ||
| Residents | 59,189 (2010) | ||
Tuz Churmatu ( Arabic طوز خورماتو, DMG Ṭūz Ḫūrmātū , also Tûz Xûrmatû or Tuz for short ; Turkmen Tuzhurmatu ; Kurdish دووزخورماتوو dûzxurmatû ; English Tuz Khurmatu / Khurmato ) is an Iraqi city in the Salah ad-Din governorate on the main road 2 from Kirkuk to Baghdad on the Ak Su river. The city has 59,189 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is 220 m high.
The population is made up of Turkomans , Kurds and Arabs . Smaller minorities include the Aramaeans and Assyrians . In November 2012, clashes between the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga of the autonomous region of Kurdistan took place over the city, which is predominantly populated by Turkmen .
Personalities
The Iraqi-German writer Zuhdi Al-Dahoodi (1940-2017) was born in Tuz
literature
- Mofak Salman Kerkuklu: The Turkmen City of Tuz Khormatu. Boyut Tanitim Matbaacilik, Ankara 2008 ( pp. 1–63 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ tuzkhurmato.com , accessed April 14, 2015
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
- ↑ Reconciliation work in Iraq?
- ↑ Where does Tuz Khurmatu belong? ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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