Erbil in Iraq

10 May 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

City Park © Myararat83/cc-by-sa-3.0

City Park © Myararat83/cc-by-sa-3.0

Erbil, with a population of approximately 1.3 million (2009), the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. The city is located in Iraqi Kurdistan. It lies 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Mosul, and is the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city officially has been appointed Arab Tourism Capital 2014 by the Arab Council of Tourism.   read more…

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