South Kurdistan - Kerkuk

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Nawroz celebrations 2010

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Shahidan bridge



Kirkuki poets in a gathering

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07/12/2011 18:55

Kirkuk 7.Dec.11 (AKnews)

A member in the provincial council announced on Wed , a turkish company has shown its commitment to implement 2 strategic projects which are building a power plant and an international airport.

Jamal Mawlud told (AKnews) "the Turkish company (Techno Tekis) has confirmed its readiness to have 2 strategic projects implemented"

he said "until now the awarding of the 2 projects have not been finalized as there are few other companies willing to take on the projects , a delegation will visit baghdad next week to meet with the transport ministry to finalized the fate of the projects"

Kirkuk Provincial council accepted the transformation of Kirkuk's military airbase into a public airport with total amount of votes .

by Abdulla Amri

Translated from kurdish by me
http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/2/276866/

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New piece about Kerkuk on CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/06/world ... hpt=imi_c2

Another video about economic development in Kurdistan:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/wo ... =allsearch

And another concerning historical artifacts:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/in ... f-iraq.cnn

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09/12/2011 13:14


Kirkuk, Dec.9 (AKnews)- A new power generating plant has been launched in Kirkuk province, an official said.

Dler Samad, spokesman for Kirkuk Provincial Council, told AKnews the new plant, worth of 3.500 billion Iraqi Dinars (almost 2.975 million U.S. Dollar) will supply for Shuwan district, Darman village and the surrounding areas, which are located on the road connecting central Kirkuk to Erbil.

The official did not comment on the capacity of the plant but added the project was funded from the 2010 developmental budget of the province.

The province has already entered a contact with Erbil (capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region) for supplying Kirkuk with 225 megawatts for five years. There were reports that Kirkuk officials will demand extending the contract to 15 years.

Kirkuk, which sits on 40 of Iraqi oil reserves, will reimburse Erbil from the revenues of its petrodollar.

The province, like the other Iraqi provinces, suffers from electricity shortage. Now the electricity supply has been reduced from 18 to only 14 hours per day.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/277162/

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The Kirkuk Municipality signed a contract worth 2,400 million Iraqi dinars with a company to clean the eastern section of Kirkuk.


Abdulkarim Hasan, director of the Kirkuk Municipality said, “The Kirkuk Municipality signed a six-month contract with the Golden Qum Company to undertake the duty of cleaning the eastern section of Kirkuk city, with one million 400 thousand ids.” He added, “The Company is registered, and the company has all the conditions of cleaning the city.”

The initial contract will be from January 1 to June 1, 2012.

“The company is preparing for the project,” Hasan said. The Kirkuk Municipality has divided the city into two sections, the eastern section which covers the area from the Kirkuk-Sulaimani checkpoint to the fourth bridge of the city, which is larger than the western section.

According to the contract, the Kirkuk Municipality can cancel the contract if the project is not ‘properly’ implemented. Otherwise, both sides can agree on extending the time of the project.

Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=6292

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Eastern part if where all the kurds are

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foundation stone laid for a new private hospital in the city
cost: $2 Million
company: Aspiration


http://www.kirkuknow.com

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Kirkuk city...Photo Karwan Salhi

The Iraq Council of Ministers (ICM) issued their permission to build a civilian airport in Kirkuk. The governor of Kirkuk formed a committee to create a plan which is due to go into effect starting from January 8.

Ali Hamadi, a representative of the Kirkuk governor for Technical Affairs said, “Early this week, the ICM ordered that a civilian airport be built at the same location of the old airport.” He added, “For this reason, the Kirkuk governor has formed a committee which starts working from next week to implement the project as soon as possible.”

The committee consists of the Municipality of Kirkuk, Property, Ownership, Environment and Planning Directorate members. Hamadi said the location ‘has no problems’ and the ICM agreed on the location.

Kirkuk Airport was built in 1957 as an international airport. At that time, the airport was only used by mainly British airplanes. In times of the Baath regime, the airport was used for local flights. After 2003, the airport was used as a military base for the U.S. troops called Forward Operating Base Warrior. After the U.S. withdrawal, the Iraqi army was urged to control the airport which resulted in some temporary tension between the Kirkuk police and the army who had control of the airport at that time.

After the tension was appeased, Iraqi PM Nuri Maliki promised Kirkuk governor Nejmadin that he would grant permission to change it to a civilian airport.


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04/01/2012 18:52

KIRKUK, Jan. (AKnews) – Officials in Kirkuk province laid the cornerstone of a 600-unit housing complex worth 16.5 billion Iraqi Dinars (about US$13 million).

The project, implemented by a local Iraqi company, is funded by the province’s petrodollar money. Kirkuk is one of the richest provinces in the country after Basra that export the majority of Iraq’s oil production.

“This project in southern Kirkukt comprises 600 housing units. The company will have to accomplish if in 8 months. The units will be given to needy families from all ethnic groups in Kirkuk for low prices” Kirkuk governor Najmaddin Karim told a press conference in Kirkuk.

The governor said the project ill contribute to easing housing issues in the province in particular as a second project is being implemented in northern Kirkuk province to be sold to local residents under the same arrangements”

Kirkuk is a multi-ethnic province that is populated by Kurds, Turkmen, Arabs and Christians”

Housing is one of the biggest issues in Iraq. According to figures, Iraq needs about one million housing units to overcome housing issues in the country.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/282305/

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04/01/2012 10:15

KIRKUK, Jan.4 (AKnews)- Iraqi Tourism Ministry will begin renovating Kirkuk historic citadel early February.

qalai karkukDeputy head for Kirkuk archeology office, Sheyda Ahmed, told AKnews that Tourism Ministry has not announced the allocated budget for the project.

She added this is the second time the citadel, located in the central Kirkuk, will be renovated. The first time just parts of the citadel were refurbished.

The almost 5,000-year-old and 18 meters high citadel, constructed on 24,7500 cubic meters, contains the shrines of Prophet Daniel. The former Iraqi regime sidelined this ancient site.


http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/1/282173/

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Completion: 85%
Cost: $14.5 Million
Area: 2000 m2
start: 2007-2012

n 2007, 14 million and 400 thousand Iraqi dinars were allocated to the project. Three million ids were allocated for the project by the fifth cabinet (former Sulaimani administration) of the Kurdistan regional government (KRG). The Iraqi central government was not willing to pay for the project, but the KRG did.

The remaining 11 million and 400 were allocated by the KRG’s Ministry of Planning (6th cabinet) (MoP) in two phases.






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17/01/2012 13:02

KIRKUK, Jan.17 (AKnews) - Up to 26 foreign companies are engaged in preparations to build a 500 megawatt power plant in Kirkuk.

electricity pylons on a scrub covered, sandy hillKirkuk can only provide 450 MW, 240 MW from the national grid and 225 MW through a contract with Kurdish investor. The Province falls short of the 880 MW power demand.

Deputy head of Kirkuk Provincial Council, Rebwar Talabani, told AKnews that American, British and Turkish as well as some Arab companies are among the companies building the 500 MW plant the Council voted for last year.

President Jalal Talabani said the project will be built soon and will help settle the issue of electricity supply.

The location for the project will be decided in coordination with the power distribution and transportation offices.

A new power plant with a limited capacity was built in December in Darman village of Kirkuk.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/284814/