Ranya, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
🇮🇶 Ranya (: ڕانیە, : Ranye, : رانية) is a town in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and is part of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate.
Ranya District (قەزای ڕانیە, : Qezay Ranye, قضاء رانية) includes three towns, Çiwarqurne, Bêtwate and Hacî awa, and is the centre of the Bîtwên and Raperîn area. The region of Ranya has been inhabited since ancient times and is rich in archaeologic sites such as Tell Shemshara, Tell Bazmusian, Qalatga Darband, Girdedême, Kameryan and Boskin hills and Ranya castle. Its history as a district dates from the Ottoman Empire period in (1789) when the first district commissioner was appointed. The main tribes in Ranya are the Jaff, Bilbas, Ako and Shawri. Agriculturally, the area is well known for its fertile soil. The principle crops are sunflowers, tobacco, rice, wheat and barley.
Asia/Baghdad/Sulaymaniyah
Ranya has a population of over 200,826 people. Ranya also forms the centre of the wider Ranya District which has a population of over 257,577 people. It is also a part of the larger Sulaymaniyah Governorate.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Ranya has links with:
🇺🇸 Duluth, USALocations Near: Ranya 44.8833,36.25
🇮🇶 Sulaymaniyah 45.387,35.567 d: 88.5
🇮🇶 Erbil 44.009,36.183 d: 78.8
🇮🇶 Kirkuk 44.391,35.469 d: 97.5
🇮🇷 Urmia 45.067,37.533 d: 143.6
🇮🇷 Bonāb 46.05,37.333 d: 159.1
🇮🇶 Mosul 43.145,36.343 d: 156.1
Antipodal to: Ranya -135.117,-36.25
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17495.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15722.1
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15795.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15603.4
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13446.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13295
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13276.4
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13274.8
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13273.6