A city in the east of Iraq's Kurdistan Region and the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, founded in 1784 by Ibrahim Pasha Baban, who named it after his father Sulayman Pasha, and capital of the historic Kurdish Baban principality from 1784 to 1850. Surrounded by the Azmar, Goizha and Qaiwan mountains to the northeast, Baranan Mountain to the south and the Tasluja Hills to the west, it had an estimated population of 847,000 in 2025, the eighth-largest in Iraq.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)The infobox gives elevation only in feet (2895 ft); converted to metres (2895 x 0.3048) since no elevation_m value is given directly. Latitude35.557222 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Sulaymaniyah (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_est
847,000
Infobox: pop_est_as_of
2025
Infobox: area_total_km2
266
History section, founding sentence
The modern city of Slemani was founded in 1784
Infobox: elevation_ft
2895
Infobox: Coordinates
35.5572°N 45.4356°E
View the Source Wikidata: Sulaymaniyah
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