Hawija, Iraq

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:Hawija_District
gptkbp:coordinates 35.3247°N 43.7756°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:ethnicGroup predominantly Sunni Arab
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hawija, Iraq
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kirkuk_Governorate
gptkbp:notableFor agricultural production
conflict zone during Iraq War and ISIS insurgency
gptkbp:population about 100,000
gptkbp:region gptkb:northern_Iraq
gptkbp:significantEvent captured by ISIS in 2014
recaptured by Iraqi forces in 2017
site of Hawija massacre (2013)
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Hawija_(2017)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7