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Sulaimany (also spelt Sulaimaniyah and Silemani) is a city in the east of Iraqi Kurdistan. It is situated in the northeast of Iraq, and is the capital of As Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Sulaimany is surrounded by the Azmar Range (1700m), Goizja Range (1525m) and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain (1373m) in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The plain of Sharazor lies to the east stretching up to 45km in length and 15 km in width. The city is 853m above sea level, and has a semi-arid climate which is very hot at summer and very cold at winter. Sulaymany served as the historic capital of the Kurdish principality of Baban from 1784 to 1850. The modern city of Sulaimany was founded in 1784 by the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pashay Baban who named it after his father Sulaiman Pasha. Because it was founded as the capital of a powerful Kurdish principality, Sulaimany has developed into a large city with a population of about 759,508 people. It is the cultural centre of the Sorani-speaking Kurds and an important economic centre for Kurdistan.

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