Hamrin Mountains

The Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: جبل حمرين, romanized: Jabāl Hamrīn, Kurdish: چیای حەمرین, romanized: Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the Zagros Mountains,^[1] the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Governorate bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river, crossing northern Saladin Governorate and southern Kirkuk Governorate.

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Hamrin Mountains
جبل حمرين (Jabāl Hamrīn), چیای حەمرین (Çiyayê Hemrîn)
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Highest point
Elevation	250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft)
Coordinates	35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889 / 35.0325; 43.6463889][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889"}">
Geography
Hamrin Mountains Iraq
Country	Iraq
Governorates	Diyala Governorate Saladin Governorate Kirkuk Governorate
Parent range	Zagros Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Anticlinal fold

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Historically the Hamrin mountains were called Barima, Bārimā and Birimma (Arabic: جبل بارِمّا, romanized: Jabāl Bārimā).^[2] Ibn Khaldun, a 14th century historian called the Hamrin mountains range, the "Kurdish mountains". That is because these mountains are situated in the south of Kirkuk and Kurds lived there, so, Ibn Khaldun said, "the range Hamrin mountains is a place whose people are Kurdish."^[3][4]