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Wast Destination Guide

Touring Wast in Iraq

Wast in the region of Arbīl is located in Iraq - some 233 mi or ( 376 km ) North of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Time in Wast is now 02:24 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Jiliya, Zaywa, Hawrah Kawan, Razkarin, and Pirosoan. Being here already, consider visiting Jiliya . Check out our recommendations for Wast ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Cheekha Dar

Cheekha Dar, or The Outer Row, is the local Kurdish name for the mountain currently thought to be the highest in Iraq. It is claimed to be 3,611 metres high by the CIA. It is 6 kilometres north of the village of Gundah Zhur and is on the border with Iran. It was climbed in November 2004 by English explorer Ginge Fullen, who recorded a GPS reading of 3,628 meters at the coordinates in the table to the right.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 36.73 44.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Fertile Crescent, International mountains of Asia, Iran–Iraq border, Mountains of Iran, Mountains of Iraq, Mountains of Kurdistan

Kelashin

Kelashin is a mountain village in northern Iraq, near the Kelashin Pass (2,981m) to Iran, some 80 km south-west of Lake Urmia. The Kelashin Stele found there bears an important Urartian-Assyrian bilingual text dating to ca. 800 BC.

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Located at 36.90 44.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Ancient Assyrian cities, Populated places in Arbil Province, Urartian cities