Altun Kupri

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Altun Kupri is a town in northern Iraq known for its significant Iraqi Turkmen population and its strategic location between Erbil and Kirkuk.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Altun Kupri canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus subdistrict center ⓘ
controlledBy Iraqi central government (post-2017) ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iraq
country Iraq ⓘ
crosses Little Zab River ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ
governorateCapitalDistance approximately 40 km northwest of Kirkuk ⓘ
hasBridge historic stone bridge over the Little Zab ⓘ
hasConflictHistory Iraq–Kurdistan conflict ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Iraqi Turkmen heritage ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasExperienced Arabization policies under Baath regime ⓘ
conflict-related displacement ⓘ
hasHistoricalCommunity Turkmen merchants ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole frontline town in Arab–Kurdish and Baghdad–Erbil disputes ⓘ
hasMajorCommunity Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
hasMajorRoadConnection to Erbil ⓘ
to Kirkuk ⓘ
hasMinorityCommunity Shia Turkmens ⓘ
linked to: Turkmens
hasNameInArabic Altun Kupri ⓘ
hasNameInKurdish Pirde ⓘ
hasNameInTurkish Altınköprü ⓘ
linked to: Meriç Bridge
hasSecurityPresence Iraqi security forces ⓘ
Popular Mobilization Forces ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulation Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
locatedBetween Erbil ⓘ
Kirkuk ⓘ
locatedIn Kirkuk Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Kirkuk

northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedOn Erbil–Kirkuk road ⓘ
Little Zab River ⓘ
nameMeaning Golden Bridge ⓘ
nearbyCity Erbil ⓘ
Kirkuk ⓘ
partOf disputed territories of Northern Iraq ⓘ
populationGroup Arabs ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Turkmens ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi Turkmen
region Iraqi Kurdistan border area ⓘ
strategicImportanceReason control of road between Erbil and Kirkuk ⓘ
location on boundary between Kurdish and federal-controlled areas ⓘ
strategicLocation between Erbil and Kirkuk ⓘ
subdistrictIn Kirkuk District ⓘ
linked to: Kirkuk
subdistrictOf Altun Kupri subdistrict ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Turkmen → majorCity → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Altun Kupri → hasNameInArabic → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Turkmeneli → containsCity → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Pirde → hasAlternativeName → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Altun Kupri subdistrict → contains → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Iraqi Turkmen region → hasCity → Altun Kupri ⓘ
Golden Bridge → hasArabicName → Altun Kupri ⓘ