Erbil also written Arbil, or Irbil and known as Hewler (Kurdish: ھەولێر Hewlêr; Arabic: اربيل‎, Turkish: Erbil) is, with a population of approximately 1.3 million (2009), the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. The city is located in Iraqi Kurdistan. It lies 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Mosul, and is the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Urban life at …