Kirkuk

Summary

Kirkuk is a city^[1]. Kirkuk ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kirkuk is in the country of Iraq^[3].
• Kirkuk's instance of is recorded as city^[4].
• Kirkuk's instance of is recorded as big city^[5].
• Kirkuk's Commons category is recorded as Kirkuk^[6].
• Kirkuk's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[7].
• Kirkuk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.466666666667, 'lon': 44.4}^[8].
• Kirkuk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirkuk^[9].
• Kirkuk's Commons gallery is recorded as Kirkuk^[10].
• Kirkuk has a population of {'amount': '+850787'}^[11].
• Kirkuk has a population of {'amount': '+975000'}^[12].
• Kirkuk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Kirkuk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• Kirkuk's capital of is recorded as Kirkuk Governorate^[15].
• Kirkuk's capital of is recorded as Shahrizor eyalet^[16].
• Kirkuk's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'کەرکووک'}^[17].
• Kirkuk's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Kerkük'}^[18].
• Kirkuk's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'كركوك'}^[19].
• Kirkuk's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Kirkuk^[20].
• Kirkuk's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32659981^[21].
• Kirkuk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'كركوك'}^[22].
• Kirkuk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Kerkük'}^[23].
• Kirkuk's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ku-arab', 'text': 'کەرکووک'}^[24].
• Kirkuk's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Kirkuk^[25].
• Kirkuk sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}^[26].

Body

Geography

Kirkuk is in the country of Iraq^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kirkuk sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}^[26]. Population counts include {'amount': '+850787'}^[11] and {'amount': '+975000'}^[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[4] and big city^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kirkuk include Kirkuk international Airport^[27], an airport^[28], in Iraq^[29], founded in 2022^[30].

Why It Matters

Kirkuk ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month).^[2] Kirkuk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Kirkuk is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Kirkuk include Kirkuk international Airport^[27], an airport^[28], in Iraq^[29], founded in 2022^[30].