Dohuk, Iraq

Duhok
Duhok Dahuk's location in Kurdistan
Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43°E / 36.867; 43Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43°E / 36.867; 43
Country	Iraq
Autonomous region	Kurdistan[1]
Governorate	Dahuk Governorate
Population [2]
- Total	255,364
42001
Website	http://www.duhokgov.org/english/

Dohuk (also spelled Duhok, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Syriac: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ Nuhadra, Arabic: دهوك) is the capital of Dahuk Governorate in Iraq. It has about 250.000 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds, with an Assyrian minority. According to some sources, the name "Dohuk" comes from Kurmanji Kurdish meaning "small village".^{[citation needed]}

History

Dohuk was originally an Assyrian town named Beth Nuhadra or Naarda, where it became an eparchy within the metropolitanate of Ḥadyab (Arbil).^[3][4]

The city is encircled by mountains along the Tigris river. Duhok has a growing tourist industry, its population having grown rapidly since the 1990s as the rural population moved to the cities. The University of Dohuk, founded in 1992, is a renowned center for teaching and research in Dohuk.

Twin towns

• Gainesville, Florida, USA since 2006

References

1. ^ http://krg.org/articles/detail.asp?lngnr=12&smap=03010300&rnr=140&anr=23911
2. ^ World Gazetteer
3. ^ Société des études arméniennes, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Association de la revue des études arméniennes. Revue des études arméniennes , Volume 21. pp. 303, 309. http://books.google.com/books?ei=17P9Tea_AoiG-waSs6i3Aw&ct=result&id=D_JfAAAAMAAJ&dq=nohadra&q=nohadra. 
4. ^ NAARDA, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)

External links

• Iraq Image - Dahuk Satellite Observation]