Mount Korek is a mountain located in Erbil Governorate of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 50 kilometers away from the Iranian border. In 1973, President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ordered the construction of the Erbil Observatory, a $160 million project intended to become the first major observatory in the Middle East. The observatory was planned to inclu…Mount Korek is a mountain located in Erbil Governorate of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 50 kilometers away from the Iranian border. In 1973, President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ordered the construction of the Erbil Observatory, a $160 million project intended to become the first major observatory in the Middle East. The observatory was planned to include two optical telescopes and one radio telescope.
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