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Kirkūk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.4667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 044 26 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.4333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited since ancient times, with a diverse population of inhabitants, including Arameans, Hurrians, and Mitannians. Today, inhabitants are mainly Turkmeni. Located on terminus of railroad from Baghdad. Site of an important Ottoman castle, and said to be the site of the "firey furnace" in The Book of Daniel. Seized by Arab forces 1941 and retaken by British in same year. Trades in agricultural produce and cattle, manufactures textiles. Major center of Iraq's petroleum industry. |
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| Kirkūk (preferred,C,V)
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| Kirkuk (C,V)
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| Kerkuk (C,O)
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| Kerkouk (C,O)
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| Karkh Slukh (C,O)
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| Arrapha (H,O)
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............ | during Assyrian prominence 9th-10th cen. BC |
| Karkha D-Bet Slokh (H,V)
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| Karcha (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Kirkūk (governorate) (P) |
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Kirkūk (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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during Assyrian empire, 9th-10th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| oil field (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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