Dohuk
| Dohuk | |
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  Dohuk
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| Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Autonomous region |  Kurdistan[1] |
| Province | Dohuk Province |
| Indwallers [2] | |
| - Tot | 986,000 |
| 42001 | |
| Wabsteid | http://www.duhokgov.org/english/ |
Dohuk (spellt Duhok, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Duhok, Syriac: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ Nuhadra, Arabic: دهوك an aw) is the caipital o Dohuk Province in Iraq. It haes aboot 255,000 inhabitants, maistly consistin o Kurds, wi a significant Assirie population.
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History [edit]
Dohuk wis oreeginally an Assirie toun namit Beth Nuhadra or Naarda, whare it became an eparchy athin the metropolitanate o Ḥadyab (Arbil).[3][4]
The ceety is encircled bi muntains alang the Tigris river. Dohuk haes a growin tourist industry, its population haein grown rapidly syne the 1990s as the rural population muivit tae the ceeties. The University o Dohuk, foondit in 1992, is a renouned center for teachin an research in Dohuk.
Sport [edit]
Dohuk SC (Kurdish: Yaneya Werzişî Ya Dihûkê, یانهیا وهرزشی یا دهوکێ, Arabic: نادي دهوك) is a sports club based in Dohuk, Iraq. They currently play in the Northren Diveesion o the Iraqi Premier League. Duhok is considered ane o the maist successful teams in the Iraqi Kurdistan region an Iraq. In the 2009/2010 saison Duhok FC made it tae the feenal o Iraqi Premier League an wan it 1–0 against Talaba SC becomin the champions for the first time.
Twin touns [edit]
Gainesville, Florida, USA syne 2006
References [edit]
- ↑ http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?lngnr=12&smap=03010300&rnr=140&anr=23911
- ↑ World Gazetteer
- ↑ Société des études arméniennes, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Association de la revue des études arméniennes. Revue des études arméniennes , Volume 21, 303, 309.
- ↑ NAARDA, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
