Bamarni

Bamarni
Village
Bamarni is located in Iraq
Bamarni
Bamarni
Location in Iraq
Bamarni is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bamarni
Bamarni
Bamarni (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°07′16″N 43°16′09″E / 37.12111°N 43.26917°E / 37.12111; 43.26917
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictAmadiya District
Sub-districtBamarni
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Urban
1,957
 • Rural
5,687

Bamarni (Arabic: بامرني,[2] Kurdish: بامه‌رنێ, romanizedBamernê,[3][4] Syriac: Beṯ Mūrdānī,[5] Hebrew: במרני)[2] is a village and sub-district in the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the district of Amadiya.

The village is located in a mountain gorge and has a strong Naqshbandi presence.[6]

  1. ^ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Jewish Quarter, Bamarne, Iraq". Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ KRSO (2009), p. 161.
  4. ^ "Civilian vehicles bombed by Turkish jets in South Kurdistan". Firat News Agency. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (14 January 2014). "Beth Mūrdānī". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ فرنسيس, بشير يوسف. موسوعة المدن والمواقع في العراق - الجزء الأول (in Arabic). Vol. 1. E-Kutub. p. 119. ISBN 9781780582627.