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Khanaqin city wants to join the Kurdistan
region
6.9.2006
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Baghdad ,
September 6, -- Members of the city council of
Khanaqin demanded Tuesday that their city be
separated from control of the Diyala governorate
capital Baquba and be allowed to join the Kurdish
region.
Sameer Mohammad Nour, the head of the Khanaqin city
council, urged the Iraqi parliament to issue a
decree to adjoin the city to the Kurdistan
autonomous region.
He said "this plea has the approval of all 19 city
council members including 14 Kurds, 3 Turkomen and 2
Arabs."
Khanaqin is the fifth-largest city in the Diyala
governorate. It lies a few kilometres from the
Iranian border, about 140 kilometers north-east of
Baghdad, Khanaqin city is a Kurdish city outside the
Kurdistan Autonomous Region in north-eastern Iraq.
Khanaqin is the second largest oil-city in
Kurdistan. The Naft Khana oil field is capable of
producing up to 16,000 barrels per day of sweet
light crude from an oil reserve that is also being
tapped by Iran.
People of Khanaqin speak Kalhuri and Gurani dialects
of the Kurdish language
The Kurdistan region of Iraq consists of three
north-east governorates of Dahuk, Erbil and
Sulaimaniyah. Khanaqin lies about 25 kilometres away
from the nearest border with Sulaimaniyah.
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