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Arbil (also written Erbil or Irbil) is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. In Kurdish, the city is called Hewlêr. 1,190,251 people live there, mostly Kurds. The city is 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Mosul.

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  • Siège d'Irbil 1258-1259

    Siege of Erbil by the Ilkhanid Mongols in 1258–59 depicted in the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Division Orientale

  • Citadel of Hewlêr (Erbil), Iraqi Kurdistan

    Citadel of Erbil, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2014

  • Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of Saint Joseph 2005 (Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq)

    Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil

  • Erbil mail square

    Erbil Main Square

  • Clock of Erbil

    Erbil Clock Tower

  • One of the halls of the Erbil Civilization Museum displaying Mesopotamian artifacts from the Urartian, Hurrian, and Hatra periods

    Erbil Civilization Museum contains artifacts from the Assyrian, Urartian, Hurrian, and Hatra periods.

  • Statue of Ibn al-Mustawfi

    Statue of Ibn al-Mustawfi

  • Franso Hariri Stadium Iraq

    Franso Hariri Stadium

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Erbil (Irak) para niños

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