Sulaymaniyah or Slemani, is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar (Ezmer), Goizha (Goyje) and Qaiwan (Qeywan) Mountains in the northeast, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with very hot dry summers and cold wet winters.
Image: View of Sulaimani Slemani City in Southern Kurdistan in Spring 2016
Image: Interior, the Kurd's Heritage Museum, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Image: Sulaymaniyah rotanahotel
Image: Romanian amphitheater sulaymaniyah
Kurdish is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.
Road signs near Diyarbakır showing the place names in Turkish and Kurdish