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Fun fact 4 about Erbil

Shar Park, Hawler, Erbil Governorate, Iraq
city

Erbil's Ankawa district houses approximately 40 churches, predominantly serving the Christian Assyrian community.

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Erbil

Iraq

Country
Iraq
Population
1.3M
Coordinates
36.19, 44.01
246th most populous city in the world

Erbil, also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Erbil is described as the region's cultural, economic, industrial, educational and medical hub.

From the “Demographics” section

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Photo: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0