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Iran: Mild quake jolts Mariwan in
Kurdistan province
13.5.2007
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May
13, 2007
Mariwan, Kurdistan (Iran), -- An earthquake
measuring 3 degrees in Richter scale jolted Mariwan
city in western province of Kurdistan on Saturday,
IRNA reported.
According to the report of seismography center
affiliated to the Tehran University Geophysics
Institute the tremor occurred at 19:28 hours local
time (15:58 GMT) and its epicenter was surrounding
areas of the Kurdish city of Mariwan.
The earthquake has had no damage.
irna | iranmania com
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Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey.
It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
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opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks
the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a
democratic federal republic of Iran.
The current
General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian
Kurdistan is Mustafa Hijri
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which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
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