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Erbil[er´bIl´´ –bil´´] Pronunciation Key or Irbil[ir´bIl´´ –bil´´] Pronunciation Key, town (1987 pop. 485,968), N Iraq. A commercial, agricultural, and administrative center with a predominantly Kurdish population, it is one of the world's oldest continually settled towns. The ancient Sumerian and Assyrian city of Urbillum (Arbela) was on this site. Modern Erbil is on an artificial mound surmounted by an old Turkish fort. Since 1992 Erbil has been one of the main towns of the so-called Kurdish Autonomous Region.
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