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Halabja
Halabja, Iraq · Asia
About Halabja
Halabja sits on the route: 25 minutes from Seyid Sadiq.
Halabja is in Iraq, with about 57,000 people. The nearest town is Seyid Sadiq, about 22 km away.
Halabja (هەڵەبجە) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about 240 km (150 mi) northeast of Baghdad and 14 km (9 mi) 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.Read more
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.
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Halabja is in Halabja, Iraq, about 22 km from Seyid Sadiq.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 57,333
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Halabja
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Coordinates
- 35.1778, 45.9861
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