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Bestansur

Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq

Bestansur is a Neolithic tell, or archaeological settlement mound, located in Arbat Town, Sulaimaniyah province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq in the western Zagros foothills. The site is located on the edge of the Shahrizor Plain, 30 km to the south-east of Sulaimaniyah. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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