Akre

Duhok Governorate · Iraq

Akre, Iraq
Photo: Ara Qadir, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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spring
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A hillside town of stone houses rising in tiers up a mountain slope, celebrated for its Newroz fire festival on the surrounding peaks. Its old quarter climbs steeply above a green valley.

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