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Dahuk

Written by Tiraporn Olsen Friday, July 31, 2009 20:00

Dahuk province is in the north of Iraq, within the Kurdish Autonomous Region. Its capital is Dahuk city. It also includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Prior to 1976 it was part of Ninawa province, which was called Mosul Province.

During the 1991 Gulf War, the capital was abandoned and occupied by the Iraqi army, hostile to the local Kurd population. Dahuk is currently thriving under the new post-Saddam government. The province is constitutionally under the control of Kurdistan Regional Government. Villages and towns in Dohuk province include:

• Avzrog
• Badarash
• Bebadeyy
• Dehi
• Dawodiya
• Harmash
• Hezany
• Sarsink
• Sumail

Dahuk came under Provincial Iraqi Control on May 30, 2007, as part of the Kurdish Regional Government's area of responsibility. Read Now (MNF-I News Archive)

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