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Seven kilometers southwest of Duhok, Halamata Cave is an archaeological site containing the Assyrian relief carvings known as the Maltai Reliefs, associated with the northern canal system built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 704–681 BCE) to carry water to his capital city of Nineveh".
Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: پارێزگای دھۆک, Parêzgeha Dihok, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra, [3] Arabic: محافظة دهوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Dohūk) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its capital is the city of Duhok.
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Duhok International Airport (Arabic: مطار دهوك الدولي) (Kurdish:فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتیی دھۆک) is an international airport currently under construction in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Duhok city province just near the town of Sêmêl. Duhok airport serves the Duhok Governorate of Iraq.
Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja and Duhok, constitute the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. Baghdad (which is the most populous) and Basra are the oldest governorates. The second most-populous one, Ninawa (or Nineveh) is in the upland region and has a cooler climate of the north-west.
Halamata Cave is an archaeological site near Duhok in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.The caves contain the Assyrian relief carvings known as the Maltai reliefs.. The cave is located seven kilometres south-west of Dohuk, above the village of Geverke.
Duhok District (Sorani Kurdish: قەزای دهۆک, romanized: Qezaya Dihokê, Arabic: قضاء دهوك, romanized: qaḍāʾ Dahūk) is a district of Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative centre is Duhok .
1873 - Duhok was becoming District followed Mosul Vilayet. [1] 1918 - Duhok occupied by British forces on November. 1928 - The first primary school for girls was opened . [1] 1936 - Ali Afandi became first Director Municipality of Duhok . [2] 1962 - Badirkhanya Library established . [3] 1969 - Ageed Sediq Sedullah Amedi became first Governor of ...