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Tuz Khurmatu

Tuz Khurmatu
Arabic: طوزخورماتو‎‎
Turkish: Tuzhurmatu
City
Tuz Khurmatu is located in Iraq
Tuz Khurmatu
Tuz Khurmatu
Tuz Khormato's location in Iraq
Coordinates: 34°53′N 44°38′E / 34.883°N 44.633°E / 34.883; 44.633
Country  Iraq
Province Saladin
District Tooz
Elevation 715 ft (218 m)
Population (2012)
 • Total 119,000

Tuz Khurmatu (Arabic: طوزخورماتو‎‎, Turkish: Tuzhurmatu also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato or just Khurmatu) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Province, Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. The town is multi-ethnic, with a majority of Shia Turkmen and minorities of Sunni Turkmen, Arabs, and Kurds.

Tuz Khormato, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Sulaiman Bek, Tal Afar, Taza Khurmatu, 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.

The name of the city is taken from Turkish and Persian, meaning salt (Turkish: tuz) date (Persian: khurma) and tu (Turkish: dağ), which means Mountain with salty dates.

The town participated in the 1991 Iraqi uprising before being suppressed by the Ba'athist Iraqi army.


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