Chamchamal

Chamchamal
Town
Chamchamal
Chamchamal
Coordinates: 35°32′0″N 44°50′0″E / 35.53333°N 44.83333°E / 35.53333; 44.83333Coordinates: 35°32′0″N 44°50′0″E / 35.53333°N 44.83333°E / 35.53333; 44.83333
Country  Iraq
Autonomous region  Kurdistan
Province Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Chamchamal (Kurdish: Çemçemall چه‌مچه‌ماڵ‎, Arabic جمجمال, ) is a city located in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq and it is one of the disputed territories of Northern Iraq . The population of this city is estimated to be around 200,000 people.

Population and location

The city is a 30 minutes drive east from Kirkuk and an hour west of Sulaymaniyah.[1] The population was 58,000 in 2003.[1] More recent reports cite a population of 250,000, including 25,000 Arabs.[2]

Climate

Climate data for Chamchamal
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5)		 12.2
(54)		 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)
Average low °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
(4.96)		 104
(4.09)		 108
(4.25)		 60
(2.36)		 29
(1.14)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 5
(0.2)		 47
(1.85)		 86
(3.39)		 565
(22.24)
Source: Climate-data.org

Language

Kurdish Sorani and laki is spoken by most inhabitants.

History

The city has a historic citadel, and early Western observers of the region speculated that it has been inhabited since the Sassanid period.[3] The Chamchamal valley is also home to important paleolithic sites of Jarmo and Zarzi.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Letter From Chamchamal, Iraq — March 17, 2003". Poynter. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Sulaimani arrests 30 Arab refugees for ISIS ties". Rudaw. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Historic landmarks under threat in Chamchamal, Iraqi Kurdistan". ekurd.net. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  4. ↑ (UNESCO), Sanz, Nuria (2015-09-07). Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 9789231001079.


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