Kifri
Kifri
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Town | |
| كفري (Arabic) | |
  Kifri Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 34°41′0″N 44°58′0″E / 34.68333°N 44.96667°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Diyala Governorate |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
Kifri (Kurdish: کفری ,Kifrî[1][2]; Arabic: كفري[3]) is a Kurdish town and the seat of Kifri District, in the north of the Diyala Governorate. In the 1947 census, 70% of the population was Kurdish.[4] The town is part of the Disputed areas of North Iraq and controlled by Kurdistan Region.[5] A significant Iraqi Turkmens population is present as well.[6]
References
- ^ "كفری". bot.gov.krd (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Dû welatîyên Kurd li rê ya Kerkûk- Kifrî hatin revandin". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "كفري | كوردستان المدهشة - الموقع الرسمي للسياحة في كوردستان". bot.gov.krd (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ C. J. Edmonds (1957). Kurds, Turks and Arabs, Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925. Oxford University Press. p. 438. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "إعلان حظر التجوال في "كفري" و"جمجمال" بالسليمانية". alalamtv (in Arabic). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Iraqi Kurdistan recognizes Turkmen language". Anadolu Agency. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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