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[[ro:Khanaqin]]
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Khanaqin is a Kurdish city sited in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) on the Iraq-Iran border. Khanaqin districts occupied 3915 km2 between latitude 33,56° and 35,6° north. The Khanaqin region lies between the Helebje District in the north, the Hamreen mountain range make the border in some place in the south with Mendelidistrict, the Sirwan (Diyala) river in the west, and the Iraq- Iran border thought to be the est border of the Khanaqin region [1]
Its population has been estimated to 175 000 inhabitants, however, the real figure is never known due to the policy of the Iraqi regime.
People of all religions have been lived, side by side, in this city. However, most people of Khanaqin are Shia Muslims. There is a church located in the central part of the city for the Christian Community. The Jewish Community has been forced to leave the city and Iraq to Israel by the Iraqi governments after the establishment of Israel. "Khanaqin and the Jewish Community" is a book, by Ben-Baruch, published in Israel in Hebrew about the Jewish Community lived in the city.
Enormous demographic changes have occurred in Khanaqin in the past three decades, and up to this day, due to an Ethnic Cleansing operation started by the Iraqi government in order to change the kurdish identity of Khanaqin, and Karkuk, two Kurdish cities rich in oil. The process is locally and internationally known by "Arabisation". (Deportation of the kurdish population and replace them by Arab from south of Iraq to minimize amount of Kurds in this city and with them change the Kurdish appearance at all).
People of Khanaqin speak Kalhurri and Gorani, a special dialect of the Kurdish language, which is an Indo-European language. These dialects are wrongly called Lurri or Faily by many Kurds
Khanaqin is divided into two parts by the river Alwan, this river has played a significant role in land cultivation and in establishment of a strong rural society in the area. In addition, the river is considered by the people of Khanaqin as a symbol for their unity and Kurdish identity.
Source: http://www.khanaqin.com/
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