Erbil

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient citadel city international airport provincial capital public university regional capital

Erbil is the capital and largest city of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, known as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited urban centers.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → ancient citadel → city → international airport → provincial capital → public university → regional capital →
ancientCivilization	Assyria → Babylonia → Persian Empire →
capitalOf	Erbil Governorate → Kurdistan Region →
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate → semi-arid climate characteristics →
continent	Asia →
country	Iraq →
economy	construction → services → trade →
elevation	approximately 420 metres →
feature	central city square → modern shopping malls → traditional bazaars →
governingBody	Kurdistan Regional Government →
hasAirport	Erbil International Airport →
hasHeritageSite	Erbil Citadel →
hasUniversity	Salahaddin University-Erbil →
historicalName	Arbela → Arbīl →
knownFor	Kurdish culture → being one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities → historic citadel →
largestCityOf	Kurdistan Region →
locatedIn	Erbil → Erbil → Erbil → Kurdistan Region → northern Iraq →
majorEthnicGroup	Kurds →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Kurdish →
otherEthnicGroup	Arabs → Assyrians → Turkmen →
partOf	Erbil Governorate →
region	Middle East →
religion	Christianity → Islam →
timeZone	UTC+03:00 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erbil Citadel → Erbil International Airport → Salahaddin University-Erbil →	locatedIn
Erbil ("Erbil Governorate") →	capitalOf
Northern Iraq →	containsCity
Greater Zab ("Erbil Governorate") →	countrySubdivision
Kurdistan →	hasCapitalOfAutonomousRegion
Northern Iraq →	hasDeFactoCapital
Kurdistan →	hasMajorCity
Erbil ("Arbīl") →	historicalName
Kurmanji →	majorCenter
Iraqi Turkmen →	majorCity
Greater Zab →	nearbyCity
Erbil ("Erbil Governorate") →	partOf
Assyrian Church of the East →	patriarchalSee
Iraqi Turkmen ("Erbil Governorate") →	populationConcentration
Sulaymaniyah →	roadConnection
Mesopotamian Arabic →	spokenInCity