Sami Abdulrahman Park (Kurdish: پارکی سامی عەبدولڕەحمان ,Parka Samî Ebdulrehman) is a park in Erbil, Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
History
The site was formerly the location of Saddam Hussein's 5th Corps Army military base. Construction of the park began in 1998, and it was completed the same year.
It is named after Sami Abdulrahman, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government who was killed in a suicide bombing on 1 February 2004, aged 71.
Features
The park is 200 hectares (2.0 km) in size and contains two lakes, a rose garden and the Martyrs Monument as well as a restaurant and market. It includes a monument with the inscription, "Freedom is not free."
The finish line of the annual Erbil Marathon is in the park.
References
- "پاركى سامى عهبدو ئهلڕهحمان" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- "WÊNE / HEWLÊR – Êvariyeke payîzî li Parka Samî Ebdulrehman". Rûdaw (in Kurdish).
- "Martyr Sami Abdul-Rahman Park". Lonely Planet. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- Monk, Daniel Bertrand; Mundy, Jacob, eds. (2014). The Post-Conflict Environment: Investigation and Critique. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780472072231. OCLC 951903033.
- Ham, Anthony (2012). Middle East. New York: Lonely Planet. p. 235. ISBN 9781741796704. OCLC 812569059.
- Dabrowska, Karen; Hann, Geoff; Townsend-Greaves, Tina (2015). Iraq: The ancient sites and Iraqi Kurdistan. Chalfont St Peter, U.K.: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 390. ISBN 9781841624884. OCLC 933518753.
- Hurley, Caitlin (December 16, 2012). "Running a marathon in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
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