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Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (kaza).
The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.
Districts of Iraq اقضية العراق (Arabic) | |
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Category | Federation |
Location | Republic of Iraq |
Number | 120 |
Populations | ≈2,000 (Byara)-Halabja Governorate – 356,718 (Fallujah)-Al Anbar Governorate |
Government |
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Subdivisions |
The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses):
Al Anbar Governorate edit
Muthanna Governorate edit
Qadisiyyah Governorate edit
Babil Governorate edit
Baghdad Governorate edit
Basra Governorate edit
Dhi Qar Governorate edit
Diyala Governorate edit
Karbala Governorate edit
Kirkuk Governorate edit
(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim)
Maysan Governorate edit
Najaf Governorate edit
Nineveh Governorate edit
Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's de facto control.
Saladin Governorate edit
Wasit Governorate edit
Kurdistan Region edit
Dohuk Governorate edit
Dohuk Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Erbil Governorate edit
Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested.
- Erbil District (71)
- Koisanjaq District (80)
- Shaqlawa District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer
- Soran District (94), cities are Town of Soran, Rawanduz and Diana
- Makhmur District
- Mergasur District (83)
- Choman District (66)
- Ankawa District
Sulaymaniyah Governorate edit
Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.
- Pshdar District (Qaladiza)
- Chamchamal District (Chamchamal)
- Darbandokeh District (Darbandikhan)
- Dokan District (Dokan)
- Kalar District (Kalar)
- Rania District (Rania)
- Sharbazher District (Sharbazher)
- Sulaymaniya District (Sulaymaniya)
- Saidsadiq District (Saidsadiq)
- Sharazoor District (Zarayan)
- Penjwin District (Penjwin)
- Mawat District (Mawat)
- Qaradagh District (Qaradagh)
Halabja Governorate edit
Halabja Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan and still officially a part of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.