Jalawla

Jalawla
گوڵاڵە
Gulale
Town
Jalawla is located in Iraq
Jalawla
Jalawla
Coordinates: 34°16′19″N 45°10′5″E / 34.27194°N 45.16806°E / 34.27194; 45.16806
Country Iraq (Disputed territories of Northern Iraq)[1]
GovernorateDiyala
DistrictKhanaqin
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total30,000

Jalawla (Arabic: جلولاء,[3] Kurdish: گوڵاڵە, romanized: Gulale[4][5] also known as Jalula[6]) is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the Diyala River, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Sadiyah.[7] The town is populated by Arabs, Kurds and Turkmens.[8]

It experienced significant Arabization during the Saddam era. The town had a Kurdish majority prior to the Arabization.[8][9]

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  2. ^ "Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Diyala, April 2015" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ "مكتب حقوق الإنسان في يونامي يزور جلولاء في ديالى للوقوف مباشرة على حجم الدمار والجهود المبذولة من أجل المصالحة الدائمة". United Nations in Iraq (in Arabic). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ "داعش هێرشی کردە سەر گوڵاڵە، ١٢ قوربانی لێکەوتەوە". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Celewla- DAIŞê êrîşî artêşa Iraqê kir, kuştî û birîndar hene" (in Kurdish). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ Klier, Klaus (2008). "Jalula". Iranica Online. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Jalula's Map". Map Landia. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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