Halgurd (Arabic: هالكورد, Halkurd) () is the second highest mountain in

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, after

Cheekha Dar Cheekha Dar (, , ), which means Black Tent, is the local Kurdish name for the mountain, located in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, currently thought to be the highest in Iraq. It is claimed to be high in the CIA World Factbook. It is north of the vil ...

, and the tallest fully within Iraq. Located in

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in Northern

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Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region (KRI) is a semi-autonomous Federal regions of Iraq, federal region of the Iraq, Republic of Iraq. It comprises four Kurds, Kurdish-majority governorates of Arabs, Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate ...

, Halgurd has an elevation of 3,607 metres.

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* * Mountains of Iraq International mountains of Asia Mountains of Kurdistan {{Kurdistan-geo-stub