kurdistan the new soon to be better dubai

kurdistan - to be another better Dubai

Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region (Kurdish: Herêmî Kurdistanî, Arabic: إقليم كردستان ) is an autonomous Region since 1991 (de facto state) in Iraq.It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. Its capital is the city of Arbil , known in Kurdish as Hewlêr. The Region is officially governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG.

Following the 1991 uprising of the Iraqi people against Saddam Hussein in Gulf war , many Kurds were forced to flee the country to become refugees in bordering regions of Iran and Turkey. A northern no-fly zone was established following the First Gulf War in 1991 to facilitate the return of Kurdish refugees. As Kurds continued to fight government troops, Iraqi forces finally left Kurdistan in October 1991, leaving the region to function de facto independently; however, Iraqi Kurdistan continues to view itself as an integral part of a united Iraq but one in which it administers its own affairs.

The three governorates of Duhok, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah comprise around 40,000 square kilometers and have a population of around 4 million.Disputes remain between the central Iraqi government and the Kurdish government about predominantly Kurdish territories outside the current borders of Iraqi Kurdistan.




Underground resources

KRG-controlled parts of Iraqi Kurdistan are estimated to contain around 45 billion barrels (7.2×10^9 m3) of oil, making it the sixth largest reserve in the world. Extraction of these reserves began in 2007. Iraq's former Baath regime controls the resources of Kirkuk and some parts of Mosul, cities claimed by the KRG to be included in its territory.

As of July 2007, the Kurdish government solicited foreign companies to invest in 40 new oil sites, with the hope of increasing regional oil production over the following 5 years by a factor of five, to about 1 million barrels per day (160,000 m3/d).Gas and associated gas reserves are in excess of 100 TCF.

Other underground resources that exist in significant quantities in the region include coal, copper, gold, iron, limestone (which is used to produce cement), marble, and zinc. The world's largest deposit of rock sulfur is located just southwest of Erbil (Hewlêr).






Leaders


Jalal talabani and Masud barzani





Flag






Oil Fields contracted sites





one of the many oil fields - Zagros Tawke oil



http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2580383




Not a single American soldier been killed in Kurdistan since the 2003 invasion of Iraq as Saddam wasn't even in our region since 1991 . they are also providing the Kurdish army (peshmerga) with advanced weapons and trainings








kurdish army helicopters





http://ikosar.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post.html





City of Erbil (Hawler) The Capital



Erbil international airport















http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=338760205923&v=photos


2nd Airport for local flights





Roj Tower







2nd tower within the project





5 Star hotel








A.E. Royal apartments









http://empireiraq.com/5-hotel-a-restaurants/gallery.html






Falcon office building behind American tower






Erbil Rotana Hotel

Back View with the Lebanese Outdoor Restaurant

Thomas Touma, General Manager of Erbil Rotana said: “Owned by Malia Group and managed by Rotana, Erbil Rotana is built on a premium 20,000 m² parcel of land strategically located adjacent to the English village and less than ten minutes drive from Erbil International Airport.
One of the Luxurious Cafe ' BOND CAFE & TERRACE '
+ 205 Rooms and Suites
Erbil Rotana Hotel
Erbil City













http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2010/5/state3894.htm




Kempinski Hotel will be soon opened in Erbil 'HAWLER'










Erbil International Hotel






Khanzad Hotel






http://www.khanzadresort.com/index-4.html



Erbil Park 5 Stars Hotel
near Kempinski Hotel on 26,000 m2 area













Erbil Titanic hotel










Erbil

name of the project is called ERBIL the project will be done by a Lebanese company.
Located along a highway, the hotel and the furnished apartment building seem to slide in a dynamic movement parallel to the main lines of the site. The furnished apartment building bends to accommodate the trace of the river passing underneath the landscaped area in the center of this project.






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another 5 star hotel






Green land - Khanzad - Erbil





http://www.rekangroup.com/SHOPPING%20CENTER.html




A Hotel on kerkuk way under construction - top floor is a massive bar





http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37653772]



ShaQlawa Hotel








5 Star plus Hotel:

The hotel project is located between Erbil International Airport and downtown area. From the investment and operational perspective, the exclusiveness of the site and lack of alternative sites of equal quality is clearly a competitive advantage. The hotel is the core part of a self-sustainable, gated community targeting a growing local and expatriate community. The hotel is positioned in the 4-Star Plus market segment, comprising 300 guestrooms, 1,500 sqm of meeting and ballroom facilities, and 4 food & beverage outlets.







Tarin Group





http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42611544




Kar Group u/c





http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22402624




Sky Company for investment & General Trading & Communication
www.kurdistan-net.com.
Kurdistan Net Company for Internet services, is the first Internet Service Provider in Kurdistan using the best communications technology, started on 2000. Its main goal to connect Kurdistan and Kurdish people with outside world. Simply its another step for Kurdistan towards future.





http://www.panoramio.com/user/536320?with_photo_id=2584981




NREC Kuwaiti mega project consitis of 3 office complexes an apartent cinema and a mall













http://www.nrec.com.kw:8080/Newproject/index.php?file=c-gallery&iAlbumId=56



Erbil Trade center
The Project contains the following components:
Small Commercial centers,
Commercial Bank,
Business offices,
Tourist flats,
5 Stars hotel ,Restaurants & Coffee shop,
Chapel (small mosque)
Sport Hall and Sauna Swimming poll,
Conferences Hall ( multi functions )
Cars Parking












Shopping malls


1.Majdi Mall (3 levels)
























Mega Mall






http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43390407




Tablo mall









Sofy Mall










Mane Mall u/c





http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25586692850&v=photos&so=15#!/photo.php?fbid=1496020237907&set=o.25586692850



Rhein Mall









Maximall





New city mall








Salahadin hotel





Naz (Zakaria) Suburban









International Banks







Emerald Bank



http://www.sardararchitects.com/



Korek telecom - new tall building u/c




Korek satellite dish





Asia Cell building




http://www.amircompany.com/Gallery.html#




IT Building




A Court building





Erbil Hospital





New hospital u/c





International School of Choueifat








some High school





City Centre





City surrounds






















Escalator crossing bridge















Some houses













American villages











American village suburban - Erbil





















Dream City











Italian Village by Hemn group

Headquarters







Italian mall












Lawan Residential complex











Romanian Apartments






Fun places to go:


1.Racing go carts this is at the empire centre









2.Empire Bar








there other bars but this is the nicest



3.Erbil Ice Hall








4.Bowling centre and game zones



Majidi mall bowling centre




Erbil bowling centre







5.family fun



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VoE08kr94











6.Erbil Cinema





7.Aqua park swimming pool









some petrol stations








The Cidatel










Hewa group U/c 2007





Shanadar park











Erbil highway 60







Abu Shahab Restaurant








Soccer Field - Erbil





New soccer stadium under construction







Erbil - Slemani highway







Erbil - Rawanduz

















Gally region way - Carved hills





Zab River - Erbil







Jundian - Erbil





Gali Eli Beg waterfall







Merga Mir - Erbil





Choman

160 km north east Erbil‬





Some scenary





Dween Castle
is located near Erbil City and it is far by 48 km.Geographically is Northeast of Erbil City on the Shaqlawa Road.It is History is belongs to Abbasis Era were the area ruled by Rawand Tribe Kurdish Emerate





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City of Slemani:

Intro

Sulaymaniyah (Kurdish: سلێمانی / Silêmanî); is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Kurdistan from 1921 until 1924. Sulaimaniyah is surrounded by the Azmar Range, Goizja Range and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with very hot and dry summers and very cold winters. Sulaimaniyah served as the historic capital of the Kurdish principality of Baban from 1784 to 1850.

The modern city of Sulaimaniyah was founded in 14th november 1784 by the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it after his father Sulaiman Pasha. Because it was founded as the capital of a powerful Kurdish principality, Sulaimaniyah has developed into a large city with a population of about 759,508 people. It is the cultural center of the Sorani-speaking Kurds and an important economic center for Iraqi Kurdistan.





SULAIMANIYA Grand Millennium Hotel

















http://26maidenlane.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=67

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/37270329





Qaiwan group tower

a Five Star Hotel (22550 m2 Buildup area) which has 196 guest rooms, 55 suites and special suites, five restaurants (Mexican, Chinese, Italian, Lebanese and All day dining restaurant) beside a revolving restaurant at the top of the tower, and all other areas that five star hotels include.
One auditorium accommodating 300 seats (6846 m2) and one ball room for 750 people (5378 m2) are annexed to the tower.
The whole project is located at the top of a hill about 50 meters above the street level overlooking the whole city of sulaimaniya.

The above mentioned buildings are surrounded by well designed landscape, parking and access roads.









http://www.qaiwangroup.com/gallery.aspx



The Airport










Faruk Group








Sarchnar Apartments u/c - the tallest apartments in Kurdistan
This project is under design now, located in Sulaimaniah, Sarchnar, it consists three symmetrical towers, the project built on area ≈20,000m², and each tower consists 32 floors and two basements.
The basement function is car parking, from first to 29th floor typical and consist 6 flats (2*120m², 2* 150m², 2*180m²),30th and31th
Floor consist of 4floors each one 225m².
The Area of each floor 1150m²
The estimated cost is 600 $/m².









http://falcon-com.com/Towers.php




5 Star Hotel and Sulaymaniyah Trade Center u/c

length : 89 m
width : 37 m
Number of Storey : 27 m
Lift : 14
Storey in Basement: Parking & Multi purpose Saloon



http://ccccoiran.com/P18.aspx




Sherwan Palace
Floor Area : 19000 sq.m
Landscaping :25000 sq.m










FarooQ Medical Centre of Excellence







http://www.flickr.com/photos/welat/4402919681/





Slemani Hospital u/c
The hospital is under construction; located in sulaimaniah at Bakrajo road, this project builton3792m², consist of seven floors and a basement.
Hospital activities are:-
Basement: floor for services
Ground floor: out patients, doctors rooms, main kitchen& emergency
First floor (x-ray) & laboratories
Second floor: four operation theaters
Three typical floors 48 private patient′s words.
Seventh floor: administration &private doctor′s room
In addition there are two cafeterias servicing the hospital staff.
Area of each floor =1200m²
The estimated cost is 1000$/m²




http://falcon-com.com/SulaimaniyaHospital.php#



2nd Slemani Hospital u/c


This project is designed as part of a medical city which is located in the Sulaimaniya City area. The site area is 17,600m2 and trapezoidal in shape with one side almost at 45 degrees with the remaining three sides and also forms a 90 degree angle with the North direction. The influences from the site topography and orientation with the north-south axis provided for a design solution that became unique to this particular location and function. The rehabilitation hospital is programmed to handle non-critical cases and contains three adult rehab inpatient wards and one pediatric rehab inpatient ward for a total of 105 beds. The hospital is fully equipped with an outpatient department, minor surgery unit, x-ray department, rehabilitation center with adult and pediatric therapy areas including occupational, vocational, hydro, electro, and physical therapy. The hospital is also equipped with all ancillary support departments to cater to the 105 beds including departments such as the laboratory, theater sterile supply unit (TSSU), laundry, catering and dining, central stores, and pharmacy to name a few.






http://www.ccjo.com/Projects/Building/MedicalHospitals/SulaimaniyaRehabilitationHospitalIRAQ/tabid/861/Default.aspx




Wali tower Sarchnar u/c







North Bank Complex



http://falcon-com.com/NorthBankComplex.php




Public Library



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sulaymaniyah_public_library.jpg




New bank of kurdistan u/c








Slemani Governorate building






Goyzha Suburb






Pak Suburb






Beharan Residential Complex










http://www.farukholding.com/Markets.aspx?IdMark=15&LinkID=7




Randoms




























































Kaso mall








German Village








Some houses





http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17523759



Ashti city project












Qaiwan group project 1












Qaiwan group project 2 u/c








Sarchnar suburb - S. Park














Serteky Bemo- Slemani




Dukan - Slemani





















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City of Duhok



Bank of Salaam




Mazi Motel




ARINA MALL



































Symbol of the (Mede) the great ancestors of kurds




Health Minister biulding















Dream city






Avro city
















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City of Kirkuk


This city is not under the KRG control yet but they are fighting under the constitutional law article 140 to join it into the autonomous region of Kurdistan. hence the city is neglected and not as advanced as the other 3 Kurdistan provinces .its not the oil the kurds are after there are plenty of oil in the 3 provinces but cos its a city formed by gutian kurds 2400 BC.


Originally the city was founded by Hurrian-related Zagros-Taurus (ancestors of the kurds) , dwellers who were known as Gutian (old kurdish tribe) people by lowland-dwellers of Southern Mesopotamia. Under its ancient name Arraphkha, Kirkuk was capital of Kingdom of Gutium which is mentioned in cuneiform records about 2400 BC.

The small Hurrian kingdom of Arraphka' of which modern Kirkuk was the capital,was situated along the southeastern edge of the area under Aryan Mittanian domination.[16] From 1500 to 1360 BC all kings of Assyria were vassals of kingdom of Mittani. Assyria's revolt against the Hurrian kingdom of Mittani probably led to fall of the kingdom in the 14th BC century and ultimately contributed to Mittani empires’s collapse.




The citadel








city surrounds











Rezgari hospital