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The Best Attractions In Erbil Province

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Erbil, also spelt Arbil or Irbil, locally called Hawler/Hewler by the Kurds is the capital of legal government of Kurdistan region and the most populous city in the Kurdish inhabited areas. It is located approximately 350 kilometres north of neighboring Baghdad Iraq. It has about 850,000 inhabitants, and Erbil governorate has a permanent population of 2,009,367 as of 2015.Human settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 5th millennium BC, and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the world. At the heart of the city is the ancient Citadel of Erbil. The earliest historical reference to the region dates to the Third Dynasty of Ur ...
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The Best Attractions In Erbil Province

  • 1. Sami Abdulrahman Park Erbil
    Sami Abdulrahman Park is a park in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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  • 2. Citadel of Arbil Erbil
    The Erbil Citadel, locally called Qalat Erbil Assyrian is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 21 June 2014. The earliest evidence for occupation of the citadel mound dates to the 5th millennium BC, and possibly earlier. It appears for the first time in historical sources in the Ebla tablets around 2,300 BC, and gained particular importance during the Neo-Assyrian period. During the Sassanian period and the Abbasid Caliphate, Erbil was an important centre for Christianity. After the Mongols captured the citadel in 1258, the importance of Erbil declined. During the 20th century, the urban structure was significantly modified, as a result of which a number of houses a...
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  • 3. Kurdish Textile Museum Erbil
    The Kurdish Textile Museum is a museum devoted to textiles produced in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the Citadel of Arbil.
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