Duhok (also spelled Dohuk, Dehok or Dahok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Arabic: دهوك, Syriac: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Nohadra) is the capital of Dahuk Governorate in Kurdistan. It has about 190,000 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds and Assyrians. According to some sources, the name "Dohuk" comes from Kurmanji Kurdish meaning "Du gog"[clarification needed].
Known in ancient times as Daudia, the city is circled by mountains along the Tigris river. Duhok has a growing tourist industry, it's population having grown rapidly since the 1990s as the rural population moved to the cities. The University of Dohuk, founded in 1992, is a renowned center for teaching and research in Dohuk.
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