Altun Kupri

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Altun Kupri is a town in northern Iraq known for its significant Iraqi Turkmen population and its strategic location between Erbil and Kirkuk.

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Label Occurrences
Altun Kupri canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeStatus subdistrict center
controlledBy Government of Iraq
surface form: Iraqi central government (post-2017)
country Iraq
crosses Little Zab River NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Iraqi Turkmen
governorateCapitalDistance approximately 40 km northwest of Kirkuk
hasBridge historic stone bridge over the Little Zab
hasConflictHistory Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
surface form: Iraq–Kurdistan conflict
hasCulturalIdentity Iraqi Turkmen heritage
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
trade
hasExperienced Arabization policies under Baath regime
conflict-related displacement
hasHistoricalCommunity Turkmen merchants
hasHistoricalRole frontline town in Arab–Kurdish and Baghdad–Erbil disputes
hasMajorCommunity Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Muslims
hasMajorRoadConnection to Erbil
to Kirkuk
hasMinorityCommunity Turkmens
surface form: Shia Turkmens
hasNameInArabic Altun Kupri self-link
hasNameInKurdish Pirde
hasNameInTurkish Meriç Bridge
surface form: Altınköprü
hasSecurityPresence Iraqi Security Forces
surface form: Iraqi security forces

Popular Mobilization Forces
hasSignificantPopulation Iraqi Turkmen
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish
locatedBetween Erbil
Kirkuk
locatedIn Kirkuk
surface form: Kirkuk Governorate

northern Iraq
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3
locatedOn Erbil–Kirkuk road
Little Zab River NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Golden Bridge
nearbyCity Erbil
Kirkuk
partOf disputed territories of Northern Iraq
populationGroup Arabs
Kurds
Iraqi Turkmen
surface form: Turkmens
region Iraqi Kurdistan border area
strategicImportanceReason control of road between Erbil and Kirkuk
location on boundary between Kurdish and federal-controlled areas
strategicLocation between Erbil and Kirkuk
subdistrictIn Kirkuk
surface form: Kirkuk District
subdistrictOf Altun Kupri subdistrict

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Turkmen majorCity Altun Kupri
Altun Kupri hasNameInArabic Altun Kupri self-link
Turkmeneli containsCity Altun Kupri