Qaladize

Iraq / as-Sulaymaniyah / Qalat Dizah /
Qaladiza or Qeladizê is a town of 140,836 inhabitants in the Kurdistan Regional Government region in Iraqi Kurdistan, north of Sulaymaniyah, near the Iranian border. Qaladiza means "Castle of Two Rivers" from the Kurdish words Qala= castle, dw= two and ze= river. In the south west of the town there is a small hill between two rivers.

It is surrounded by mountains like many parts of Kurdistan]. The town is located in a middle of "Peshdar". The whole town was devastated during the Iraq and Iran War and all residents were relocated to Bazian and other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan, but most of them in Bazzian, a small town located west of Sulaminia. The people of Qalaze stayed there until the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime in 1991. Then they came back to their land. The town has continued to expand. A branch of the Sulaimania University was established there in 1974, but Iraqi government attacked it in April 24, 1974.

Interesting Link: medyamagazine.com/castle-two-rivers-qaladze/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaladiza
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Coordinates:   36°10'19"N   45°8'17"E

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  • QALADAZA Not Village
  • slaw rezm botan haya
  • This is the city from where the genocide against the Kurd started in 24/04/1974. It also has always been the safe heaven for various Kurdish revolutions in each of Iraq and Iran
  • سڵاو لە شارە جوانەکەی قەڵادزێ ، شاری وەفا و خۆشەویستی
  • Hi everyone Qaladizah with it beautiful nature but the system of adminsration is so corrupted and unfortunately it had bravery history but now it is become bad.
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