Mandali, Iraq

Mandali
Town
Mandali is located in Iraq
Mandali
Mandali
Location within Iraq
Coordinates: 33°44′N 45°33′E / 33.733°N 45.550°E / 33.733; 45.550
Country Iraq
GovernorateDiyala
DistrictBalad Ruz
Elevation
341.2 ft (104 m)
Population
[1][2]
 • Total29,882−50,000
Time zoneUTC+3

Mandali (Arabic: مندلي,[3] Kurdish: مەندەلی, romanized: Mendelî[4][5]) is a town in Balad Ruz District, Diyala Governorate in Iraq, near the Iranian border. The town has a mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen population.[6][7] Mandali is disputed between the federal government of Iraq and the autonomous Kurdistan Region, and experienced Arabization during the Saddam era.[8]

Mandali is known for its palm tree orchards and dates.[9]

History

The former name of Mandali was Bendink[10] which was the capital of the Kurdish principality Bani Ammz.[11] Kurds constituted 50% of the population in 1947 and the majority continued throughout the 1950s.[12][13] About 4,000 Kurdish families were deported or fled the town after the collapse of the Kurdish movement in 1975.[14]

During September 1980 of the Iran–Iraq War, the town and other nearby villages were attacked by Iranian forces.[15] The population of the town was 25,656 in 1977 but decreased to 8,092 in 1987. A republican decree established Baladruz District in 1987 which Mandali was attached to.[11]

Border trade

Being located in the vicinity of the Soumar border marketplace, in the Iranian Kermanshah province, there are commercial exchanges with Iran.[16]

See also

References

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  8. ^ Kane, Sean (2011). "Iraq's Disputed Territories" (PDF). p. 35. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  9. ^ "مندلي مدينة المليون نخلة تستغيث". Azzaman. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. ^ المندلاوي, عمران (1985). مندلي عبر العصور. العراق: دار الحرية للطباعة. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b Ihsan, Mohammad, Administrative Changes in Kirkuk and Disputed Areas in Iraq 1968-2003, p. 57
  12. ^ C. J. Edmonds (1957). Kurds, Turks and Arabs, Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925. Oxford University Press. p. 440. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  13. ^ Edmonds, C.J. (1957). "The Kurds of Iraq". Middle East Journal. 11 (1): 52–62. JSTOR 4322870 – via JSTOR.
  14. ^ Kane, Sean (2011). "Iraq's Disputed Territories" (PDF). p. 67. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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  16. ^ "Iran, Iraq resume trade activity in Mandali border crossing".