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Kirkuk

Kirkuk (Arabic: كركوك, romanized: Kirkūk; Kurdish: کەرکووک, romanized: Kerkûk; Syriac: ܟܪܟܘܟ, romanized: Kerkouk; Turkish: Kerkük) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate. The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which…

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Country
Iraq
District
Kirkuk
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Governorate
Kirkuk
Time zone
GMT +3
• Total
1,249,197

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Kirkuk

Nodes273
Edges272
Triples395
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007326
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related to Notable people · 69
Kirkuk → Abdul Rahman Mustafa, Adnan Karim, Ali Merdan, Arab, Arab Captain, Arab-Dutch, Armenian, Armenian-American, Arshad, CEO, Chopy Fatah, Fadhil Al Azzawi, Fathi Safwat Kirdar, Governor, Hadidi, Hajim, Hassani, Health, Herdi Noor Al-Deen, Hijri Dede
related to Gulf War · 32
Kirkuk → Arabization, Arabs, Assyrians, Ba'athist, Baghdad, By March, Dohuk, Erbil, First Gulf War, Green Line, Hussein's, In, In May, Iraq, Iraqi, Kurdish, Kurdish Autonomous, Kurdish Peshmerga, Kurds, Kuwait
related to Islamic Conquests of Mesopotamia · 30
Kirkuk → Abbasids, AD, After, Annazid Kurds, Aq Qoyunlu, Arab Muslims, Ardalan, Babanids, Battle, British Empire, Chaldiran, Hasanwayhid Kurds, Ilkhanate, In, Islamic Caliphate, Mongol, Mongols, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans
related to Economy · 29
Kirkuk → American, Arrapha, Baba Gurgur, Blaze, British-led Iraq Petroleum Company, Ceyhan, Gulf War, In, IPC, Iraqi, Iraqi Kingdom, Kirkuk's, Kurdish, Mediterranean Sea, Mosul, Oil-for-Food Programme, Ottoman Vilayet, Pipelines, Since, St
related to Further reading · 27
Kirkuk → Asia Minor, Bernard Quaritch, Charles Wilson, Cyclopaedia, Date, Eastern, Edward Balfour, Encyclopædia Britannica, Handbook, India, ISBN, John Murray, John Punnett, Karl Baedeker, Kerkuk, Kirkook, Leipzig, London, OCLC, Palestine
related to Etymology · 26
Kirkuk → Achaemenids, An, Ancient Greek, Assyrian, Baba Gurgur, Battle, Beth Garmai, Beth Garme, Citadel, Eastern Aramaic, Fertile Crescent, Gaugamela, House, Hurrian Arrapha During, Korkura/Corcura, Macedonian, Mesopotamian Aramaic, Parthian, Persian, Ptolemy
related to External links · 22
Kirkuk → Center, Commentary, Cook, Council, Fixing Security, Foreign Relations, Foundations, International Crisis Group, International Studies, Iraq, June, Kurds, Making Oil, Me, October, PDF, Political Settlement, Raad Alkadiri, Report, Steven
related to Kurdish control (2014–2017) · 17
Kirkuk → At, Battle, Dibis, Iranians, Iraqi, Islamic State, June, Kurdistan Regional Government, Mosul, Northern Iraq, October, On, Peshmerga, Syria, The, Tikrit, Witnesses
related to Iron Age · 16
Kirkuk → Achaemenid Assyria, AD, After, Assuristan, Assyria, Assyrian, Athura, BC, Beth Garmai, In, It, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Parthian, Roman, Sassanid, Seleucid Syria
related to Demographics · 15
Kirkuk → And, Arabs, Chaldeans, Jews, Kirkuk's, Kurdistan, Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm, Mosul, Sâmi, The, The Kurds, The Turkmen, Turkish, Turkmen, Turks

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city iraq kurds turkmen kurdish iraqi region arab oil empire government arabs part assyrian ottoman population war control bc kurdistan

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KirkukCountryIraq1.00infobox
KirkukDistrictKirkuk1.00infobox
KirkukElevation350 m (1,150 ft)1.00infobox
KirkukGovernorateKirkuk1.00infobox
KirkukTime zoneGMT +31.00infobox
Kirkuk• Total1,249,1971.00infobox
Kirkuklocated ina disputed area of Iraq that runs from Sinjar on the Syrian border southeast to Khanaqin and Mandali on the Iranian border0.90text
Arabizationinstance ofshaped by various forms of demographic engineering0.80text
the status of Kirkuk is highly contestedinstance ofshaped by various forms of demographic engineering0.80text
has led to recurring disputesinstance ofshaped by various forms of demographic engineering0.80text
teachersinstance ofAnother six council members were selected from among 144 delegates to represent independents social groups0.80text
lawyersinstance ofAnother six council members were selected from among 144 delegates to represent independents social groups0.80text

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