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Khanaqin ( Arabic '''خانقين''' ''Chanaqīn'', Kurdish '''خانه قين''' ''Xaneqîn'', also transliterated as Khanakin, Xanaqin) is a Kurdish city outside the Kurdish Autonomous Region in north-eastern Iraq . It is located at 34.3°N, 45.4°E in the Diyala Governorate . It is near the Iran ian border on a tributary of the Diyala River . Its population has been estimated to 175,000 inhabitants, however, the real figure is never known due to the policy of the Iraqi regime. Khanaqin is the second largest oil-city in Kurdistan, there are oilfields, there is an Oil Refinery (12,000 b/d) and there is a pipeline to the Al Daura refinery in Baghdad . Khanaqin is divided into two parts by the Alwan River , this river has played a significant role in land cultivation and in establishment of a strong rural society in the area. The river is considered by the people of Khanaqin as a symbol for their unity and Kurdish identity. People of Khanaqin speak Kalhurri and Gorani, a special dialect of the Kurdish language, which is an Indo-European language. These dialects are wrongly called Lurri or Feyli by many Kurds . During the Arabization policy of the Iraqi regime Sunni Arab s were settled in the city, the Kurds were ousted to southern Iraq or the kurdish controlled north (losing their property). EXTERNAL LINKS AND REFERENCES
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