Haji Omeran (;
), is a town located in
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan () refers to the Kurds, Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdist ...
's
Erbil Governorate
Erbil Governorate (; ) is a governorate of Iraq in the Kurdistan Region. It is the capital and economic hub of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordere ...
near the
Iran–Iraq border
The Iran–Iraq border runs for 1,599 km (994 mi) from the tripoint with Turkey in the north down to the Shatt al-Arab (known as Arvand Rud in Iran) waterway and out to the Persian Gulf in the south. Although the boundary was first dete ...
.
It is 180 kilometers northeast of the
Erbil
Erbil (, ; , ), also called Hawler (, ), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is the capital of the Erbil Governorate.
Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC. At the h ...
and 20 kilometers east of the
Choman. The town is inhabited by
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
.
The BBC described it as "a scruffy, scrappy kind of town with a frontier feel." Many of the inhabitants leave it during the months of winter due to extreme climate conditions, temporarily staying in the area of Erbil.
See also
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Operation Dawn 2
Operation Dawn 2 or Operation Valfajr-2 () was an Iranian operation during the eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War. This operation opened a new front in northern Iraq/Iraqi Kurdistan also known as "the Northern Front". Despite Turkish help, this regi ...
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Operation Karbala-7
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Iraqi chemical weapons program
The Iraqi chemical weapons program was an aspect of the country's pursuit of Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, weapons of mass destruction until the 1990s. In violation of the Geneva Protocol, Iraq initiated three separate research and devel ...
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Lake Felaw
References
External links
Iraq-businessnewsHaji Omran: Iraq(Source questionable as it falsely claims that it's in
As Sulaymānīyah, but the coordinate is clearly farther north, in
Arbīl)
Hawlergov(Arabic language)
Populated places in Erbil Governorate
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