Zawita
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Town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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Zawita is located in Iraqi Kurdistan Show map of Iraqi KurdistanZawita Zawita Zawita is located in Iraq Show map of IraqZawita Zawita | |
| Coordinates: 36°54′21.0′′N 43°08′34.0′′E / 36.905833°N 43.142778°E / 36.905833; 43.142778 | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Autonomous region | Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Dohuk District |
Zawita (Arabic: زاويتة,[1] Kurdish: زاویته, romanized: Zawîte[2] [3] ) is a town in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The name of the town is thought to come from the Syriac word for "corner."[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "طائرات تركية تقصف مركبة بمحافظة دهوك وتقتل أربعة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ KRSO (2009). "2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان" (PDF). Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) (in Kurdish). p. 135. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Duhok – Li Zawîte du kes di bîra avê de xeniqîn" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Rudolf Wittkower; Douglas Fraser; Howard Hibbard; Milton J. Lewine (1967). Essays in the history of architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower , Volume 1. Phaidon. p. 9. ISBN 9780714813011.
36°54′21′′N 43°8′34′′E / 36.90583°N 43.14278°E / 36.90583; 43.14278
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