Chamchamal

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Chamchamal
Town
A Chamchamal town center view, 2009.jpg
Chamchamal is located in Iraq
Chamchamal
Chamchamal
Location in Iraq
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Country  Iraq
Autonomous region  Kurdistan
Province Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Chamchamal (Kurdish: Çemçemall چه‌مچه‌ماڵ‎, Arabic جمجمال, ) is a Kurdish city located in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Population and location

The city is a 30 minutes drive east from Kirkuk and an hour west of Sulaymaniyah.[1] The population was 58,000 in 2003.[1] More recent reports cite a population of 250,000, including 25,000 Arabs.[2]

Language

Kurdish Sorani is spoken by most inhabitants.[citation needed]

History

The city has a historic citadel, and early Western observers of the region speculated that it has been inhabited since the Sassanid period.[3] The Chamchamal valley is also home to important paleolithic sites of Jarmo and Zarzi.[4]

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