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Tuz Khormato ((アラビア語:طوزخورماتو), (アゼルバイジャン語:Tuz-Xurmatu), (トルコ語:Tuz Hurmato)) is a town that is the main centre of the Tooz District in Saladin Province, Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. Majority of the population is ethnic Iraqi Turkmen, minorities are Arabs and Kurds form the remaining population. The name of the city is taken from Persian language, in which "Tuz" is the changed form of word "Taze=تازه" which means fresh in Turkish ( and Persian) and the word "Khorma=خرما" which means date and "tû" means berry in Persian. == Incidents == * On June 2, 2005, at least 12 people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a big explosion targeting a restaurant.〔(20 dead in Iraq bombings | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited )〕 * On June 23, 2005, a car bomb detonated by remote control hit an Iraqi police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding 7 civilians.〔(Car bombs kill nearly 40 people in Baghdad - International Herald Tribune )〕 * On September 20, 2005, insurgents detonated a car bomb targeting Shiite worshippers as they were exiting the Hussainiyat al-Rasoul al-Azam mosque, killing at least 10 and wounding 21 others.〔(Microsoft PowerPoint - Eye on Iraq Sep 20, 2005 - English )〕 * On March 14, 2007, a suicide bomber struck a market and killing 8 and wounding 25.〔http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuz Khormato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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