[custom_adv] Sanandaj is the capital of Kurdistan Province. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city and the second largest Kurdish city. Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent, (about 400 years ago), yet under its short existence it has grown to become a center of Kurdish culture. [custom_adv] Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society. [custom_adv] Kurds or Kurds are people living in western Asia in the north of the Middle East along the Zacros Mountains and the Taurus Mountains in the region that the Kurds call Greater Kurdistan. [custom_adv] Today they are parts of north-eastern Iraq, north-west of Iran and north East of Syria and southeast Turkey. In addition to these areas, the Kurds are present in a few numbers in south-western Armenia and some areas of Azerbaijan and Lebanon. Kurds are one of the largest ethnic groups that does not have an independent state or a unified political entity recognized universally. [custom_adv] There is a lot of controversy about the Kurdish people from their origins, their history, and even their political future. [custom_adv] This historical controversy has intensified in recent years, especially after the changes in the reality of the Kurds in Iraq following the Second Gulf War, and the formation of the United States of the no-fly zone that led to the emergence of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. There is a marriage tradition among Kurds called berdel wherein family members are swapped. [custom_adv] Kurds or Kurds are people living in western Asia in the north of the Middle East along the Zacros Mountains and the Taurus Mountains in the region that the Kurds call Greater Kurdistan. [custom_adv] Today they are parts of north-eastern Iraq, north-west of Iran and north East of Syria and southeast Turkey. In addition to these areas, the Kurds are present in a few numbers in south-western Armenia and some areas of Azerbaijan and Lebanon. [custom_adv] Kurds are one of the largest ethnic groups that does not have an independent state or a unified political entity recognized universally. [custom_adv] Sanandaj is the capital of Kurdistan Province. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city and the second largest Kurdish city. Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent, (about 400 years ago), yet under its short existence it has grown to become a center of Kurdish culture.
