Dohuk | |
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Coordinates: 36°52′N 43°0′E / 36.867°N 43.000°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Autonomous region | ![]() |
Province | Dohuk Province |
Population | |
• Total | 986,000 |
Website | http://www.duhokgov.org/english/ |
Dohuk (spellt Duhok, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Duhok, Syriac: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ Nuhadra, Arabic: دهوك an aw) is the caipital o Dohuk Province in Iraq. It haes aboot 255,000 inhabitants, maistly consistin o Kurds, wi a significant Assirie population.
Dohuk wis oreeginally an Assirie toun namit Beth Nuhadra or Naarda, whare it became an eparchy athin the metropolitanate o Ḥadyab (Arbil).[3][4]
The ceety is encircled bi muntains alang the Tigris river. Dohuk haes a growin tourist industry, its population haein grown rapidly syne the 1990s as the rural population muivit tae the ceeties. The University o Dohuk, foondit in 1992, is a renouned center for teachin an research in Dohuk.
Dohuk SC (Kurdish: Yaneya Werzişî Ya Dihûkê, یانهیا وهرزشی یا دهوکێ, Arabic: نادي دهوك) is a sports club based in Dohuk, Iraq. They currently play in the Northren Diveesion o the Iraqi Premier League. Duhok is considered ane o the maist successful teams in the Iraqi Kurdistan region an Iraq. In the 2009/2010 saison Duhok FC made it tae the feenal o Iraqi Premier League an wan it 1–0 against Talaba SC becomin the champions for the first time.