Dohuk, Iraq

Dohuk, Iraq
Duhok
Duhok is located in Iraq
Duhok
Dahuk's location in Kurdistan
Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43°E / 36.867; 43Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43°E / 36.867; 43
Country  Iraq
Autonomous region  Kurdistan[1]
Governorate Dahuk Governorate
Population [2]
 - Total 255,364
42001
Website http://www.duhokgov.org/english/

Dohuk (also spelled Duhok, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Syriac: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ Nuhadra, Arabic: دهوك) is the capital of Dahuk Governorate in Iraq. It has about 250.000 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds, with an Assyrian minority. According to some sources, the name "Dohuk" comes from Kurmanji Kurdish meaning "small village".[citation needed]

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History

Dohuk was originally an Assyrian town named Beth Nuhadra or Naarda, where it became an eparchy within the metropolitanate of Ḥadyab (Arbil).[3][4]

The city is encircled by mountains along the Tigris river. Duhok has a growing tourist industry, its population having grown rapidly since the 1990s as the rural population moved to the cities. The University of Dohuk, founded in 1992, is a renowned center for teaching and research in Dohuk.




Twin towns

References

  1. ^ http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?lngnr=12&smap=03010300&rnr=140&anr=23911
  2. ^ World Gazetteer
  3. ^ Société des études arméniennes, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Association de la revue des études arméniennes. Revue des études arméniennes , Volume 21. pp. 303, 309. http://books.google.com/books?ei=17P9Tea_AoiG-waSs6i3Aw&ct=result&id=D_JfAAAAMAAJ&dq=nohadra&q=nohadra. 
  4. ^ NAARDA, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)

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