Downtown - Erbil — Attraction in Erbil Central Subdistrict

also spelt Arbil (Kurdish: ھەولێر / Hewlêr‎), locally called Hawler by the Kurds, is the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan and the most populated city in the Kurdish inhabited areas.2] It is located approximately in the center of Iraqi Kurdistan region and north of Iraq.[3] It has about 850,000 inhabitants,[1] and Erbil governorate has a permanent population of 2,009,367 as of 2015. Human settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 5th millennium BC, and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the world.[5] At the heart of the city is the ancient Citadel of Erbil. The earliest historical reference to the region dates to the Third Dynasty of Ur of Sumer, when King Shulgimentioned the city of Urbilum. The city was later conquered by the Assyrians.[6 Erbil became an integral part of the kingdom of Assyria by at least the 21st century BC through to the end of the seventh century BC, after it was captured by the Gutians, and it was known in Assyrian annals variously as Urbilim, Arbela and Arba-ilu. After this it was part of the geopolitical province of Assyria under several empires in turn, including the Median Empire, the Achaemenid Empire (Achaemenid Assyria), Macedonian Empire, Seleucid Empire, Parthian Empire, Roman Assyria and Sasanian Empire(Asōristān), as well as being the capital of the tributary state of Adiabene between the mid-second century BC and early second century AD. Following the Muslim conquest of Persia, it no longer remained a unitary region, and during the Middle Ages, the city came to be ruled by...

It is a huge shopping mall located in the city center of hawler city, Various Textiles, shoes, plastic products and cosmetics are sold in hundreds of small shops amazingly scattered throughout the basement. Some of them are second-hand and their prices are very cheap. Almost all of the goods are Chinese products. Since there is a parking lot in the basement floor, the strong exhaust smell is very intense 🤧🤧. Unfortunately, the escalators going up and down to this floor do not work. The upper floor is much more modern and clean. It's crowded. People are coming in from both entrances.

I can say that there is nothing to see or do here for people like us. It is a place where local people and mostly Filipino and Bangladeshi workers who come from abroad and work here...

Downtown is a shopping bazaar in the heart of historic city of Erbil, it offers a vibrant and captivating shopping experience for visitors and locals alike.

The downtown consists of Undeerground, Ground, and first floor, which mainly include a large number of clothing shops as long as small number of ice cream shops, tailor shop and many more.

The underground floor sells very cheap clothing.

Overall, the Downtown became one of main bazaars for people to fulfill their needs in...