Hamrin
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Hamrin is a town
in northern Iraq
which sits on the western shore of a man-made lake of the same name, both of which are at the southern extreme of the Hamrin Mountains
. Hamrin is home to approximately 12,000 people. Most revenue comes from fishing and subsistence agriculture.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in northern Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
which sits on the western shore of a man-made lake of the same name, both of which are at the southern extreme of the Hamrin Mountains
Hamrin Mountains
The Hamrin Mountains are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the greater Zagros mountains; the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Province bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river; crossing northern Salah ad Din Province and southern Kirkuk Province.In...
. Hamrin is home to approximately 12,000 people. Most revenue comes from fishing and subsistence agriculture.
See also
- Lake HamrinLake HamrinLake Hamrin, also known as Diyala Dam, is a man-made lake approximately 50km north-east of the Baquba, in Iraq's Diyala province. The town of Hamrin sits on the western shore of the lake, both of which are at the southern tip of the Hamrin mountains....