Amirli
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Amirli is a town near Kirkuk
in northern Iraq
. It has a population of 26000 mainly from Iraq's Turkoman
ethnic minority. Amirli is located in Salah ad Din Governorate near the border with Diyala Governorate. The town is the centre of a farming region.
On June 7, 2007, the 2007 Amirli bombing
in the market place killed 105 people with another 250 injured.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
in northern Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. It has a population of 26000 mainly from Iraq's Turkoman
Iraqi Turkmen
The Iraqi Turkmen are an ethnic group who mainly reside in northern Iraq. Estimates of their numbers vary dramatically, in accordance with Iraq's assimilation policies no realistic and independent census results have been revealed regarding the Iraqi Turkmen population...
ethnic minority. Amirli is located in Salah ad Din Governorate near the border with Diyala Governorate. The town is the centre of a farming region.
On June 7, 2007, the 2007 Amirli bombing
2007 Amirli bombing
The 2007 Amirli bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on July 7, 2007, in a market in the town of Amirli, Iraq. The bombing killed 156 people with 255 injured.-References:...
in the market place killed 105 people with another 250 injured.