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Sulaiman Bek (Arabic: سليمان بيك‎‎, Turkish: Süleyman Bey) is a town in the Tooz District of Salah ad Din Governorate, near the border with Diyala Governorate, in northern Iraq, about 100 km from the Iranian border. It has a population of 70,000, mainly from Iraq's Sunni Turkoman ethnic minority. It is the centre of a farming region.

Map of Sulayman Beg, Iraq

Sulaiman Bek, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Tal Afar, Taza Khurmatu, Tuz Khormato, and Yankjah, make up the largest Turkmen-majority cities in Iraq, while Mosul, Kirkuk, Kifri, Daquq, Muqdadiyah, Jalawla, and Saadiyah have significant Turkmen minority populations.

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Sulaiman Bek Wikipedia


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