Kirkuk

Summary

Kirkuk is a city^[1]. Kirkuk ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kirkuk is in the country of Iraq^[3].
• Kirkuk's image is recorded as Kirkuk citadel.jpg^[4].
• Kirkuk's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Kirkuk's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Kirkuk's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130303702^[7].
• Kirkuk's GND ID is recorded as 4098451-5^[8].
• Kirkuk's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89110583^[9].
• Kirkuk's IdRef ID is recorded as 027855163^[10].
• Kirkuk's Commons category is recorded as Kirkuk^[11].
• Kirkuk's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[12].
• Kirkuk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.466666666667, 'lon': 44.4}^[13].
• Kirkuk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c9bx^[14].
• Kirkuk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirkuk^[15].
• Kirkuk's Commons gallery is recorded as Kirkuk^[16].
• Kirkuk's page banner is recorded as Statue of a Peshmerga with the Kurdistan flag at the entrance to Kirkuk on the road with Erbil 01 (cropped).jpg^[17].
• Kirkuk's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 001023946^[18].
• Kirkuk's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Middle_East/Iraq/Localities/Kirkuk/^[19].
• Kirkuk's population is recorded as {'amount': '+850787'}^[20].
• Kirkuk's population is recorded as {'amount': '+975000'}^[21].
• Kirkuk's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 670213^[22].
• Kirkuk's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035719^[23].
• Kirkuk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Kirkuk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Kirkuk's capital of is recorded as Kirkuk Governorate^[26].
• Kirkuk's capital of is recorded as Shahrizor eyalet^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Kirkuk's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+850787'}^[20] and {'amount': '+975000'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kirkuk include Kirkuk international Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Iraq^[31], founded in 2022^[32].

Why It Matters

Kirkuk ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month).^[2] Kirkuk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Kirkuk is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Kirkuk include Kirkuk international Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Iraq^[31], founded in 2022^[32].