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Place in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq

Qayyarah subdistrict

The Qayyarah or Qayara subdistrict is part of Mosul District in southern Nineveh Governorate on the west bank of Tigris river in Iraq.

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The Qayyarah or Qayara subdistrict is part of Mosul District in southern Nineveh Governorate on the west bank of Tigris river in Iraq. Its seat is the town of Qayyarah.

The population in Qayyara subdistrict is primarily Sunni Muslim Arabs, belonging to various tribes, but primarily the Jubur or Jabur. Agriculture is the main source of income for its inhabitants, and farmers grow various crops including wheat and watermelons. Qayyarah is rich with natural resources, including oil and sulfur.

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Getting to Qayyarah subdistrict

Airports
Erbil (EBL), 77 km · Kirkuk (KIK), 103 km · Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 295 km
  • Arbil → Qayyarah subdistrict
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · $8–11
  • Kirkuk → Qayyarah subdistrict
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · $12–17
  • Baghdad → Qayyarah subdistrict
    295 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · $27–37
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No local-transport research exists yet for Qayyarah subdistrict

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Qayyarah subdistrict. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    476 km
  2. 02
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    557 km
  3. 03
    Vardzia and the Javakheti plateauGE

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    621 km
  4. 04
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    690 km
  5. 05
    GoriGE

    10 ways of moving, 16 sources

    691 km

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