Kifri

Kifri
کفری
Kifrî
Town
View over Kifri
View over Kifri
Kifri is located in Iraq
Kifri
Kifri
Location in Iraqi Kurdistan
Coordinates: 34°41′0″N 44°58′0″E / 34.68333°N 44.96667°E / 34.68333; 44.96667
Country Iraq
Governorate Kurdistan Region
Autonomous regionSulaymaniyah
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total
32,870
Time zoneUTC+3

Kifri (Arabic: کفري;[2] Kurdish: کفری, romanized: Kifrî;[3][4] Turkish: Kifri[5]) is the central town of Kifri District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It has a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen.[6][7] It is under de facto administration by Kurdistan Region, but remains a disputed area claimed by the central government.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Demographic Survey - Kurdistan Region of Iraq" (PDF). UNFPA. 2018. p. 78. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ "كفري | كوردستان المدهشة - الموقع الرسمي للسياحة في كوردستان". bot.gov.krd (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ "كفری". bot.gov.krd (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Dû welatîyên Kurd li rê ya Kerkûk- Kifrî hatin revandin". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Kifri'nin Türkmen kimliği tehlikede". Türkmen Basın Ajansı. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ Lawrence, Quit (2009). Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 265.
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