Chamchamal | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 35°32′0″N 44°50′0″E / 35.53333°N 44.83333°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Autonomous region | Kurdistan Region |
Province | Sulaymaniyah Governorate |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 65,300 |
Chamchamal (Kurdish: Çemçemal ,چهمچهماڵ[1][2], Arabic جمجمال, ) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Controlled by Kurdistan, it is nearest town to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.
Population and location
The city is a 30 minutes drive east from Kirkuk and an hour west of Sulaymaniyah.[3] The population was 58,000 in 2003.[3] The population in 2018 was 65,300 people including Arabs.
Language
Kurdish Sorani and laki is spoken by most inhabitants. [citation needed]
History
The city has a historic citadel, and early Western observers of the region speculated that it has been inhabited since the Sassanid period.[4] The Chamchamal valley is also home to important paleolithic sites of Jarmo and Zarzi.[5]
Climate
Climate data for Chamchamal | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.2 (104.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
25.7 (78.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
12.8 (55.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 126 (5.0) |
104 (4.1) |
108 (4.3) |
60 (2.4) |
29 (1.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 (0.2) |
47 (1.9) |
86 (3.4) |
565 (22.2) |
Source: Climate-data.org |
References
- ^ "نووسینگهی پاسپۆرت له قهزای چهمچهماڵ دهكرێتهوه". www.peyam.net (in Kurdish).
- ^ "Li Çemçemal û Silêmaniyeyê çalakiyên ciwanan -NÛ BÛ". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Letter From Chamchamal, Iraq — March 17, 2003". Poynter. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Historic landmarks under threat in Chamchamal, Iraqi Kurdistan". ekurd.net. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ (UNESCO), Sanz, Nuria (2015-09-07). Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 9789231001079.
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