Sulaimaniya trade delegation in Gaziantep fair

SULAIMANIYA / IraqiNews.com: A delegation from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sulaimaniya province on Wednesday headed to the Turkish city of Gaziantep to take part in an international fair, the chamber’s chairman said. “The fair is scheduled to take place from Thursday to Sunday,” Hassan Baqi Horami told IraqiNews.com. Household items, carpets and furniture will be displayed in the fair, where nearly 150 companies will participate, Horami noted, adding that the delegation is comprised of 17 traders and company owners. Established on May 11, 1967, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sulaimaniya set up its first administrative committee on September 2, 1967. The modern city of Sulaimaniya, 364 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, was founded in 1748 by a Kurdish prince known as Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it for his father Sulaiman Pasha. Since being founded as the capital of a powerful Kurdish principality it has grown to about 1,800,000 people. Sulaimaniya, known as Zamwa prior to its founding, is the cultural center of the Sorani-speaking Kurds and an important economic centre for Iraqi Kurdistan. SS (S) 1