Place:Chamchamal

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Chamchamal

Çemçemal
Town
چەمچەماڵ
A Chamchamal town center view, 2009.jpg
Chamchamal is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Chamchamal
Chamchamal
Chamchamal is located in Iraq
Chamchamal
Chamchamal
Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 35°32′0″N 44°50′0″E / 35.533333°N 44.833333°E / 35.533333; 44.833333
Country Iraq
Autonomous region Kurdistan Region
ProvinceSulaymaniyah Governorate
Population
 (2018)
 • Total65,300

Chamchamal (Kurdish: چه‌مچه‌ماڵ‎, romanized: Çemçemal,[1][2] Arabic: جمجمال) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Controlled by Kurdistan, it is the town which is nearest located to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Chamchamal is home to the Gorani-speaking Hamawand tribe.[3]

Population and location

The city is a 30 minutes drive east from Kirkuk and an hour west of Sulaymaniyah.[4] The population was 58,000 in 2003.[4] The population in 2018 was 65,300 people, including Arabs.

History

The city has a historic citadel, and early Western observers of the region speculated that it has been inhabited since the Sassanid period.[5] The Chamchamal valley is also home to important paleolithic sites of Jarmo and Zarzi.[6]

Climate

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Notable people

  • Thanun Pyriadi (born 1933), chemist, from Ali Mansour village

See also

  • Garmekan (Sasanian province located in modern-day Kurdistan Region of Iraq)
  • Garmian Region
  • Beth Garmai

References