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Sulaymaniyah
City in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Sulaymaniyah

Sulaymaniyah or Slemani, is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is the capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

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It is surrounded by the Azmar, Goizha and Qaiwan Mountains in the northeast, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west.

Get in

Getting to Sulaymaniyah

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    Sulaymaniyah International Airport

    It was opened in 2006 in the western outskirts of the city.

See

Worth seeing

Sulaimaniya has a great view from outside, above the mountains around it (Goizha, Azmar, Piramagrwn and Baranan). The city is in the phase of transition from a usual city to a tourism city in every sense of the word.

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    Sulaymaniyah Museum
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    Amna Suraka Museum

    Kurdish for "Red Intelligence Museum", located in a former Ba'ath intelligence headquarters and prison, it draws particular attention to the Ba'ath regime's brutal treatment of local Kurds.

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    Kurd's Heritage Museum
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    Zamwa Gallery

    Open year-round, it displays the works of the artists of the city.

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    Azadi Park

    It is huge and has a giant mast with the Kurdish flag fluttering.

Do

Things to do

There is a bowling centre, Azadi park and other places to visit.

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    Chavy Land

    Despite the unfortunate name, this is an impressive theme park with various rides, a cable car to the mountain top and an aqua park.

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