Arbil

Erbil ( in Roman-alphabet Kurdish) (written Arbil, or Irbil an aw) (Akkadian: Arba-ilu;  Arbīl; Kurdish:  Hewlêr; Sumerian: Urbilum; Syriac-Aramaic:  Arbaelo) is, wi a population o approximately 1.3 million (2009), the fowert lairgest ceety in Iraq efter Baghdad, Basra  an Mosul. It is locatit 80 kilometres (50 mile) east o Mosul, an is the caipital o Iraqi Kurdistan.

Urban life at Erbil can be datit back tae at least 6000 BC, an it is ane o the auldest continuously inhabitit ceeties in the warld. At the hert o the ceety is the auncient Citadel o Arbil. The Hurrians wur the first tae establish Urbilum an expand their rule tae the rest o northren Mesopotamie. The ceety haes syne been unner the rule o mony regional pouers, includin the Assiries, the Babylonies, Kurds unner the rules o Persies, the Greeks, the Arabs, an the Seljuk an Ottoman Turks. Erbil's airchaeological museum hooses a lairge collection o pre-Islamic airtifacts, an is a center for airchaeological projects in the aurie.'Directorate Antiquities of Erbil's Guide' Brochure produced by General Directorate of Antiquities, KRG, Ministry of Tourism

References

Freemit airtins
i Erbil  – Portal for internaitional visitors
Livius.org: Arbela
Hospitality in Hawler  Directory o hotels in Arbil wi contact information, photos an reviews.


Category:Adiabene
Category:Fertile Crescent
Category:Populatit places established in the 6t millennium BC
Category:Destrict caipitals o Iraq
Category:Ceeties in Iraq