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ERBIL - autonomous region of Kurdistan - Iraq.
Iraq is not booming in anyway as it is not safe, except the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region which has been safe and autonomous since the 1991 no-fly-zone by NATO......... the region is working towards independence from chaotic Iraq, Kurdistan was attached to Iraq in 1923 by the Brits and French of that time.
Area: 37,872 m[sup]2[/sup]
460 luxury apartment
Location: Gulan road business district
Wow, the tallest tower in the development is already done?! That rocks Is Erbil considering building a metro?
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Wow, the tallest tower in the development is already done?! That rocks Is Erbil considering building a metro?
you said it
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Tram way system to be constructed in Kurdistan
Erbil - Three tram designer companies are constructing tram ways in the cities of Sulaimani Erbil and Duhok in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
Omed Mahamd, Speaker of Roads & transport Ministry said: "a tram way will be constructed to connect all 3 Kurdistan's provinces together". he added noting "KRG has provided the necessary budget for the project which will be completed in 2 stages".
"after 11 companies were bidding on the project, in the end 3 companies won the contract, the project will cost 8 billion Dinars (7 million USD) which will commence very shortly. Erbil's tram will be 60 kms long which will be done by an Italian company. Sulaimani one is 50 kms long constructed by another Italian company and Duhok's 45 km tram by a Romanian company" he stated.
He also stated that all 3 companies (Tecnopolo F.G ,Terra Nova and (S.G.I.)) are major tram system designers and biulders with solid proven experiences.