Altun Kupri

Altun Kupri
Town
Altun Kupri is located in Iraq
Altun Kupri
Altun Kupri
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 35°45′12″N 44°08′37″E / 35.75333°N 44.14361°E / 35.75333; 44.14361
Country Iraq
GovernorateKirkuk Governorate
DistrictDibis
Elevation
[1]
284 m (935 ft)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total9,275

Altun Kupri (Arabic: التون كوبري,[3] Turkish: Altınköprü, lit. 'Golden Bridge',[4] Kurdish: پردێ, romanized: Pirdê[5][6]) is a town in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Its inhabitants are predominantly Turkmen, with a minority of Arabs and Kurds.[7][8][9] It is located on the shores of the Little Zab and on the Erbil–Kirkuk road.[10][11] The town is described as having an 'intrinsic strategic significance' and is disputed.[12][13]

A map of Turkmeneli on a monument in Altun Kupri.
Local resident wearing traditional Turkmen clothes in Altun Kupri.
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  2. ^ "World Gazetteer # Altun kupri". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. ^ "تركمان العراق يحييون الذكرى الـ28 لمجزرة "ألتون كوبري"". Anadolu Agency. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ^ Blackie, Christina (1887-01-01). Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations. John Murray.
  5. ^ "ناحیەی پردێ جارێكی دیكە ئاگر لە دەغڵودانی جوتیاران بەربوو". Xelk.org (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Pêşmerge: Li Pirdê pêşmergeyan êrîşên dagirkeran têk şikandin". Rupelanu.com (in Kurdish). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Clashes between Kurdish and Iraqi forces near Erbil". The National News. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Iraq after ISIL: Kirkuk". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Report : Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Kirkuk province" (PDF). Landinfo.no. June 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Altun Kupri town, dated July 1919 / Catalog Record Only". Library of Congress. 1919. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Kirkuk – Erbil road re-opens days after bridge maintenance". Kurdistan24. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Report: Altun Kupri town seized from Kurdish Peshmerga". Al Jazeera. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  13. ^ Knights, Michael (2010). "Kirkuk in Transition Confidence Building in Northern Iraq" (PDF). Policy Focus. p. xi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.