Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah
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Top-bottom, R-L: View over Suleymaniyah Roman-styled theater • Sharafkhan Bidlisi statue Amna Suraka Museum • Sulaymaniyah Museum Suleymaniyah at night | |
Sulaymaniyah Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 35°33′26″N 45°26′08″E / 35.55722°N 45.43556°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Federal region | Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Sulaymaniyah |
| District | Sulaymaniyah |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Haval Abubakir |
| Area | |
• Total | 266 km2 (103 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 882 m (2,895 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2025) | 847,000 |
| • Rank | 8th in Iraq |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Website | https://slemani.gov.krd/ |
Sulaymaniyah (Arabic: السليمانية, romanized: as-Sulaymāniyyah) or Slemani (Kurdish: سلێمانی, romanized: Silêmanî), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is the capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. It is surrounded by the Azmar, Goizha and Qaiwan Mountains in the northeast, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with very hot dry summers and cold wet winters.
The modern city of Slemani was founded in 1784 by the Ottoman-Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban in Collaboration with Azim Beg and Haji Aziz Bey Aghal Dwanze Swarey Meriwane Jawamer Agha Rangena, who named it after his father Sulayman Pasha. Slemani was the capital of the historic Kurdish principality of Baban from 1784 to 1850.