Dohuk

Dohuk (spellt Duhok, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Duhok,  , Arabic: دهوك an aw) is the caipital o Dohuk Province in Iraq. It haes aboot 255,000 inhabitants, maistly consistin o Kurds, wi a significant Assirie population.

 History 
Dohuk wis oreeginally an Assirie toun namit Beth Nuhadra or Naarda, whare it became an eparchy athin the metropolitanate o Ḥadyab (Arbil).NAARDA, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)

The ceety is encircled bi muntains alang the Tigris river. Dohuk haes a growin tourist industry, its population haein grown rapidly syne the 1990s as the rural population muivit tae the ceeties. The University o Dohuk, foondit in 1992, is a renouned center for teachin an research in Dohuk.

 Sport 

Dohuk SC (Kurdish: Yaneya Werzişî Ya Dihûkê, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ, Arabic: نادي دهوك‎) is a sports club based in Dohuk, Iraq. They currently play in the Northren Diveesion o the Iraqi Premier League. Duhok is considered ane o the maist successful teams in the Iraqi Kurdistan region an Iraq. In the 2009/2010 saison Duhok FC made it tae the feenal o Iraqi Premier League an wan it 1–0 against Talaba SC becomin the champions for the first time.

Twin touns
 Gainesville, Florida, USA syne 2006

References

Freemit airtins
Iraq Image - Dahuk Satellite Observation 

Category:Assirie
Category:Populatit places in Dohuk Province
Category:Destrict caipitals o Iraq
Category:Ceeties in Iraq