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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
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governorates A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...
are subdivided into 120 districts (''
kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...
''). The district usually bears the same name as the district capital. The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses):


Al Anbar Governorate

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Al-Qa'im District Al-Qa'im District () is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, on the border with Syria. It is centred on the town of Al-Qa'im. The Euphrates river flows through it. At its western end, in the city of Husaybah, is the Al-Qa'im border cross ...
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Ar-Rutba District Ar-Rutba District ( ar, قضاء الرطبة) is the largest district by area in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, covering 93,445 km2, and the least populated in relative and absolute terms, with a population of 24,813 (estimate January 2003), o ...
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Anah District Anah ( ar, قضاء عانة) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the town of Anah. As of 2018, it has an estimated population of 31,575. Cities * Anah Anah or Ana ( ar, عانة, ''ʾĀna'', syr, ܐܢܐ), former ...
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Anah Anah or Ana ( ar, عانة, ''ʾĀna'', syr, ܐܢܐ), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river, approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf. Anah lies from west to east on the right ban ...
) * Fallujah District ( Fallujah) *
Haditha District Haditha ( ar, قضاء حديثة) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Haditha. There is a huge lake near the city and a dam in front of it called Haditha Dam, contains six hydroelectric stations, two dra ...
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Hīt District Hīt ( ar, قضاء هيت) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Hīt, this district has between 75,000 and 90,000 inhabitants. Cities *Hīt (35,000) *Kabisa (10,000) * Al Baghdadi (15,000) * Al Furat (4,0 ...
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Hīt Hīt, also spelled ''Heet'' ( ar, هيت), ancient name ''Is'', is an Iraqi city in Al-Anbar province. Hīt lies northwest of Ramadi, the provincial capital. Straddling the Euphrates River, the city of Hīt was originally a small walled town sur ...
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Ramadi District Ramadi ( ar, قضاء الرمادي) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Ramadi. Cities *Ramadi Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadi ...
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Ramadi Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadiya'') is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate w ...
) * Rawah District ( Rawah)


Muthanna Governorate

* Al-Khidhir District ( Al-Khidhir) * Al-Rumaitha District (
Al-Rumaitha Al-Rumaitha City is a city in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. It is the capital of Al-Rumaitha District. Its population in 2014 was 115,431. The economy is predominantly agricultural, specializing in the production of date palms and grains. Name Al ...
) * Al-Salman District ( Al-Salman) * Al-Samawa District (
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Qadisiyyah Governorate

* Afaq District ( Afaq) *
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Diwaniya District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position =right , pushpin_map_caption = , subdivision_type = Country , subdiv ...
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Diwaniya The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests. Today the term refers both to a reception hall and the gathering held in it, and visiting or hosting a dewaniya is an impor ...
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( Hamza)


Babil Governorate

* Al-Mahawil District ( Al-Mahawil) * Al-Musayab District (
Al-Musayab Musayyib ( ar, المسيب) is an increasing majority Shia Arab town in the Babil Province, Iraq. As of 2018, its population was 57,300. Musayyib sits on both the east and west banks of the Euphrates River, which splits into the Hindiya and Hill ...
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Hilla District Al-Hillah () is a district in Babil Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Al Hillah. Cities * Al Hillah * Al Sahlan Qaryat Āl Sahlān ( ar, آل سهلان) is a village by the Euphrates river, located in Al-Hilla District, Ba ...
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Hilla Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province a ...
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Baghdad Governorate

* Administrative Districts in Baghdad City ** Rusafa ** Adhamiyah **
Sadr City Sadr City ( ar, مدينة الصدر, translit=Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( ar, مدينة صدام, Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. ...
(formerly Thawra District (Revolution District) ** 9 Nissan (
New Baghdad New Baghdad or Baghdad Al-Jidida ( ar, بغداد الجديدة) is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has nine Neighborhood Advisory Councils (NAC) and a District Advisory Council. It is located east of the city c ...
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Karadah Karrada ( ar, كرّادة ''Karrāda'') is an upper-class district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians. It is one of the most religiously diverse areas of the city, and is one of the two major distri ...
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Al-Za'franiya Al-Za'franiya city ( ar, مدينة الزعفرانية) is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is located in the south-east of Baghdad at the confluence of the Tigris The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mes ...
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Karkh Karkh or Al-Karkh (Arabic: الكرخ) is historically the name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the Tigris River as it ran through Baghdad. The eastern shore is known as Al-Rasafa.Kadhimyah ** Mansour ** Al Rashid * Administrative Districts in Baghdad Suburban **
Abu Ghraib District Abu-Ghraib () is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turk ...
** Al Istiqlal District ** Al-Mada'in District **
Mahmudiya District Al-Mahmudiya () is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is Mahmoudiyah. Mahmudiya District has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, about over 88 percent of them Sunni and the rest Shia. This ratio is the result of the Iraqi Civil ...
( Mahmudiya) **
Taji District Taji District is a district of the Baghdad Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by ...
** Al Tarmia District


Basra Governorate

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Abu Al-Khaseeb District Abu Al-Khaseeb District () is a district of the Basra Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the town of Abu Al-Khaseeb Abu Al-Khaseeb (sometimes spelled Abu Al-Khasib) is a town in Abu Al-Khaseeb District, Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. Its name me ...
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Abu Al-Khaseeb Abu Al-Khaseeb (sometimes spelled Abu Al-Khasib) is a town in Abu Al-Khaseeb District, Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. Its name means "The rich area - agricultural", referring to the fertile Shatt Al-Arab river. It is an agricultural town, well ...
) * Al-Midaina District ( Al-Midaina) * Al-Qurna District (
Al-Qurna Al-Qurnah (Kurnah or Qurna, meaning connection/joint in Arabic) is a town in southern Iraq about 74 km northwest of Basra, that lies within the conglomeration of Nahairat. Qurna is located at the confluence point of the Tigris and Euphrates rive ...
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Basrah District Basrah District () is a district of Basra Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by ...
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Basrah Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is ha ...
) * al-Faw District (
al-Faw Al-Fāw ( ar, ٱلْفَاو; sometimes transliterated as ''Fao'') is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate. History The town lies at the ...
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Dhi Qar Governorate

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Al-Chibayish District Al-Chibayish District () is a district of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located to the east of Nasiriyah and northwest of Basra Governorate. The district capital is Al-Chibayish. The district's geography is dominated by the Hammar Marshes, a sub ...
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Al-Chibayish Al-Chibayish is a town on the Euphrates River in Al-Chibayish District, Dhi Qar governorate, in southern Iraq. It is the capital of its eponymous district. Al-Chibayish is inhabited primarily by Marsh Arabs of the Beni Isad tribe. Al-Chibayish h ...
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Al-Rifa'i District Al-Rifai district () is an Iraqi district located in the Dhi Qar Governorate, 80 km north of Nasiriyah and 300 km south of Baghdad. Its name is attributed to Sheikh Ahmed al-Rifa'i, founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order. It includes the a ...
( Al-Rifa'i) * Al-Shatra District ( Al-Shatra) * Nassriya District ( Nassriya) *
Suq Al-Shoyokh District Suq Al-Shuyukh District ( ar, قضاء سوق الشيوخ; also called Suq al-Shoyokh District) is a district of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Suq al-Shuyukh is a small town surrounded by date palm orchards and located on the right bank of the ...
( Suq Al-Shoyokh)


Diyala Governorate

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Al-Khalis District Al Khalis District, Khalis or Al Khales ( ar, قضاء الخالص) is one of the six districts of Diyala Governorate in Iraq. Its main population center is the village of the same name. The village of Al Khalis is roughly 15 kilometers (9  ...
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Al-Muqdadiya District Al-Muqdadiya District ( ar, قضاء المقدادية) is one of the districts of Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Districts of Diyala Province {{iraq-geo-stub ...
( Al-Muqdadiya) * Baladrooz District ( Baladrooz) * Ba'quba District (
Ba'quba Baqubah ( ar, بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated populat ...
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Khanaqin District Khanaqin District ( ar, قضاء خانقين, ku, قەزای خانەقین) is a district in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. The district is a part of the Disputed territories of Northern Iraq. The Alwand River runs through Khanaqin District before ...
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Khanaqin Khanaqin ( ar, خانقين; ku, خانەقین, translit=Xaneqîn) is the central city of Khanaqin District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, near the Iranian border (8 km) on the Alwand tributary of the Diyala River. The town is populated ...
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Kifri District Kifri District ( ar, قضاء كفري) is one of the six districts of Diyala Governorate in Iraq. Its main town is Kifri Kifri ( ar, کفري; ku, کفری, translit=Kifrî; tr, Kifri) is the central town of Kifri District in Diyala Governora ...
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Kifri Kifri ( ar, کفري; ku, کفری, translit=Kifrî; tr, Kifri) is the central town of Kifri District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It has a Kurdish majority and a Turkmen and Arab minority. It is administered by Kurdistan Region but remains a ...
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Karbala Governorate

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Ain Al-Tamur District Ain Al-Tamur District ( ar, قضاء عين التمر) is a district of Karbala Governorate, central Iraq. Its population is 100% Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet ...
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Ayn al-Tamr Ayn al-Tamr or Ain al-Tamur ( ar, عين التمر) is a city in central Iraq, located about 67 km west of Karbala near Razzaza Lake. The oasis of Ayn al-Tamr comprises many villages which are famous for palm orchards and mineral water. The ci ...
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Al-Hindiya District Al-Hindiya District ( ar, قضاء الهندية, translit=Kaza Al-Hindiya) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq. Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north of the district controls floods ...
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Al-Hindiya Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( ar, الهندية) is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij ( ar, طويريج), which gives ...
) * Kerbala District (
Kerbala Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...
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Kirkuk Governorate

(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim) *
Al-Hawiga District Hawija District ( ar-at, قضاء الحويجة, qaḍāʾ al-Ḥawīǧa) is a district in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Hawija. The district's approximately 150,000 inhabitants are mostly Sunni Arabs, with t ...
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Al-Hawiga Hawija () is the central town of Al-Hawija District in the Kirkuk Governorate, Kirkuk Province of Iraq, west of Kirkuk, and north of Baghdad. The town has a population of about 100,000 inhabitants. Hawija District has approximately 150,000 inhab ...
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Daquq District Daquq District ( ar-at, قضاء داقوق, qaḍāʾ Daquq) is a district in eastern Kirkuk Governorate, northern Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Daquq Daquq ( ar, داقوق, tr, Dakuk or Tavuk, ku, داقووق, translit=Daq ...
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Daquq Daquq ( ar, داقوق, tr, Dakuk or Tavuk, ku, داقووق, translit=Daqûq,), also known as Daqouq, is the central town of Daquq District in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. The town has a Kurdish and Turkmen majority, and Arab minority. It is par ...
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Kirkuk District Kirkuk District ( ar, قضاء كركوك, tr, Kerkük ilçesi) is a district in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a ...
( Kirkuk) * Al-Dibs District ( Al-Dibs)


Maysan Governorate

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Ali Al-Gharbi District Ali Al-Gharbi ( ar, قضاء علي الغربي) is a district of the Maysan Governorate in Iraq. History John Gordon Lorimer wrote in 1908 that the main town of Ali Al-Gharbi was inhabited by 2,000 people of different origins, mostly Shia M ...
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( Al-Kahla) * Al-Maimouna District ( Al-Maimouna) * Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District ( Al-Mejar Al-Kabi) *
Amara District Amara District (Arabic: حي عمارة) is a district of the Maysan Governorate, Iraq. The population of Amara District is currently around 1,250,000 people. Amarah Amarah ( ar, ٱلْعَمَارَة, al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is ...
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Amarah Amarah ( ar, ٱلْعَمَارَة, al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the ...
) * Qal'at Saleh District (
Qal'at Saleh The town of Qal'at Saleh ( ar, قلعة صالح) is the district centre of Qal'at Saleh District, Maysan Governorate, southern Iraq. It is located along the road that links Basra to Amarah, a mere 40 km away. Qalat Saleh’s nearest towns a ...
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Najaf Governorate

* Al-Manathera District ( Al-Manathera) *
Kufa District Kufa District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Tu ...
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Kufa Kufa ( ar, الْكُوفَة ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Currently, Kufa and Najaf ...
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Najaf District Najaf District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by T ...
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Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
) * Najaf Abu Sakhir ( Abu Sakhir)


Nineveh Governorate

Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's
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Akre District Akre District ( ku, قەزای ئاکرێ, Qezay Akrê, ) is a district in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region. The administrative center is the city of Akre Akre or Aqrah ( ku, ئاکرێ, Akrê, ar, عقرة, syr, ܥܩܪ, Aqra') is a city ...
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Akre Akre or Aqrah ( ku, ئاکرێ, Akrê, ar, عقرة, syr, ܥܩܪ, Aqra') is a city in the Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Akre is known for its celebrations of Newroz. Etymology The name "Akre" stems from the Kurdish word "Ag ...
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Al-Ba'aj District , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Al-Ba'aj District (light pink) in Ninawa , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position = right , p ...
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Al-Ba'aj Ba'aj ( ar, بعاج; also spelt Ba'ej) is a small town in the Al-Ba'aj District of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The town was under control of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant until June 2017, when Popular Mobilization Forces captured it. It ...
) * Al-Hamdaniya District (
Bakhdida Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, is an Assyrian city in Iraq within the Nineveh Governorate, located about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 km (37 mi) west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close ...
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Hatra District Hatra District ( ar, قضاء الحضر) is a district of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. History On January 22, 2022, three ISIL suspects died in an airstrike by Iraqi authorities after the 2022 Diyala massacre. Two of them were ISIL leaders. O ...
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Hatra Hatra ( ar, الحضر; syr, ‎ܚܛܪܐ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The city lies northwest of Baghdad and southwest of Mosul. Hatra was a strongly fortified ...
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Mosul District , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Mosul District (tan) in Nineveh Governorate , pushpin_map ...
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Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...
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Shekhan District The Shekhan District (, ku, قەزای شێخان, Qeza Şêxan) is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni. It is bordered by the Amadiya and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre Distr ...
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Ain Sifni Ain Sifni ( ar, عين سفني, ) also known as Shekhan ( ku, شێخان, Şêxan), is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. In the town, there is a Chaldean Catholic ...
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Sinjar District The Sinjar District or the Shingal District (, ku, قەزای شنگال ,Qeza Şingal) is a district of the Nineveh Governorate. The district seat is the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district ...
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Sinjar Sinjar ( ar, سنجار, Sinjār; ku, شنگال, translit=Şingal, syr, ܫܝܓܪ, Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its p ...
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Tal Afar Tal Afar ( ar, تَلْعَفَر, Talʿafar, ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul, 52 km (32 mi) east of SinjarTel Keppe District , ar, تل كيف , image_skyline = File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Tel Kaif District (blue) in Ninawa , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushp ...
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Tel Keppe Tel Keppe ( syr, ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ ', ar, تل كيف ', alternatively spelled Tel Kaif or Telkef) is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Mosul.Welcome to Te ...
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Saladin Governorate

* Al-Daur District ( Al-Daur) *
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( Al-Shirqat) * Baiji District ( Baiji) * Balad District ( Balad) * Samarra District (
Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional army ...
) * Tikrit District (
Tikrit Tikrit ( ar, تِكْرِيت ''Tikrīt'' , Syriac language, Syriac: ܬܲܓܪܝܼܬܼ ''Tagrīṯ'') is a city in Iraq, located northwest of Baghdad and southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Gover ...
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Tooz District Tooz District ( ar, قضاء طوز) is a district in the north-eastern part of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Its main settlement is the city of Tuz Khurmatu. Other towns include Sulaiman Bek, Yankjah, and Amirli Amirli ( ar, آمرلي, ʾĀmirlī ...
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Tuz Khurmatu Tuz Khurmatu ( ar, طوزخورماتو, tr, Tuzhurmatu, ku, دووزخورماتوو, translit=Duz Xurmatû, also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles (88 ...
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Dujail District Dujail District (; formerly, Al-Faris) is a district in the southern part of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Its main settlement is the small town of Dujail. The district's population of 91,170 people is nearly entirely Shia (except for a few villag ...
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Dujail Dujail ( ar, الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is situated about north of Baghdad, and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants, who are mostly Shia. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre ...
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Wasit Governorate

* Al-Aziziyah District ( Al-Aziziyah) * Al-Hai District (
Al-Hai Al-Hay ( ar, الحي) is a town located in Iraq's Wasit Province. It 45 kilometers south of the Kut and 220 kilometers south of Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab ...
) * Al-Na'maniya District ( Al-Na'maniya) *
Al-Suwaira District Al-Suwaira District ( ar, قضاء الصويرة, translit=Kaza Al-Suwaira) is part of the Wasit Governorate in eastern Iraq and is about 35 km south-east of Baghdad. The Tigris runs through it. Famous for its fruit and palm orchards, its seat i ...
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Al-Suwaira Al-Suwaira ( ar, الصويرة) is a city in Al-Suwaira District, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the west bank of the Tigris, 35 km south of Baghdad. It is surrounded by fruit groves and palm orchards. It has a population of 77, ...
) * Badra District ( Badra) *
Kut District Kut District ( ar, قضاء الكوت, translit=Kaza Al-Kut)is a district of the Wasit Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Kut Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city i ...
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Kut Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It ...
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Kurdistan Region


Dohuk Governorate

Dohuk Governorate is part of
Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...
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Amadiya District Amadiya District ( ku, قەزای ئامێدی, Qezaye Amêdî, ar-at, قضاء العمادية, qaḍāʾ al-Emadiyah) is a district of Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative centre is Amadiya. Subdistricts The dis ...
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Amadiya Amedi or Amadiya ( ku, ئامێدی, Amêdî, ; Syriac: , Amədya), is a town in the Duhok Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley. Etymology According to Ali ibn al-Athir, the name ...
) * Dahuk District ( Dahuk) * Sumel District (
Sumel Simele or Semel ( ku, سێمێل, translit=Sêmêl, ar, سميل, Syriac language, Syriac: ܣܡܠܐ) is a town located in the Dohuk Governorate, Dohuk province of Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The town is on the main road that connects Kurdistan Reg ...
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Zakho District Zakho District ( ku, قەزای زاخۆ, Qezaya Zaxo, ar-at, قضاء زاخو, qaḍāʾ Zāḫū) is a district in northwestern Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city of Zakho is the administrative center An administrat ...
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Zakho Zakho, also spelled Zaxo ( ku, زاخۆ, Zaxo, syr, ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ, Zākhō, , ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, at the centre of the eponymous Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Iraq–Turkey b ...
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Erbil Governorate

Erbil Governorate is part of
Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...
, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested. * Erbil District (71) * Koisanjaq District (80) *
Shaqlawa Shaqlawa ( ku, شەقڵاوە, Şeqlawe, ar, شقلاوة, ) is a historic city and a hill station in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Shaqlawa, a city of approximately 25,500 people, lies 51 km to the northeast of Er ...
District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer *
Soran District Soran ( ku, قەزای سۆران, ar, قضاء سوران) is a district and an independent administration of the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, bordering Iran and Turkey. Its main city is Soran. Sub-Districts Soran District is similar ...
(94), cities are
Town of Soran Soran () or Diana (, ) is a city in Erbil Governorate, and the capital of Soran District in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Soran is one of the largest cities in Kurdistan Region with a population of about 125,000 people. History The city and district of ...
,
Rawanduz Rawandiz ( ar, رواندز; ku, ڕەواندز, Rewandiz) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, located in the Erbil Governorate, close to the Iran–Iraq border, borders with Iran and Iraq–Turkey border, Turkey, it is located 10 km ...
and Diana * Makhmur District * Mergasur District (83) * Choman District (66) * Ankawa District


Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of
Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...
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Pshdar District Pshdar District (; ) is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.Qaladiza Qaladze ( ckb, قەڵادزێ, Qeladizê, ar, قلدز) is a town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, north of Sulaymaniyah, near the Iran–Iraq border, Iranian border. It is surrounded by mountains like many parts of Kurdistan. The town is located in t ...
) * Chamchamal District (
Chamchamal Chamchamal ( ku, چه‌مچه‌ماڵ, Çemçemal, ar, جمجمال) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Controlled by Kurdistan, it is the town which is nearest located to the disputed territories of Norther ...
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Darbandokeh District Darbandokeh District () is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country ...
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Darbandikhan Darbandikhan ( ku, دەربەندیخان, Derbendîxan) is a town in the governorate of Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is situated within the area of autonomy for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, inhabited by the majority of the Kurdish ...
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Dokan District Dokan District ( ku, قەزای دۆکان, Qezay Dokan) is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, transl ...
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Kalar District Kalar District ( ku, قەزای کەلار, Qezay Kelar) is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, tra ...
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Rania District Ranya District (, ) is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. Its capital is Ranya. The district has a population of 200,826.Rania) *
Sharbazher District Sharbazher District ( ku, قەزای شارباژێڕ, Qezay Şarbajêr) is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆمار ...
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Sharbazher Sharbazher ( ku, شارباژێڕ ,Şarbajêr) is a town in Sharbazher District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, t ...
) * Sulaymaniya District (
Sulaymaniya Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, Go ...
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Saidsadiq District Saidsadiq District (; ) is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The main town of Said Sadiq part of Sharazoor area, is 60 kilometers south-east of the city of Sulaymaniyah. There is more than one story about the ...
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Sharazoor District The Sharazoor or Sharazur District ( ku, قه‌زای شاره‌زوور, Qezay Şarezûr ) is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
( Zarayan) * Penjwin District ( Penjwin) *
Mawat District The Mawat District () is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Wes ...
( Mawat) *
Qaradagh District The Qaradagh District (; ckb, قەزای قەرەداغ, Qezay Qeredax) is a district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێ ...
( Qaradagh)


Halabja Governorate

Halabja Governorate is part of
Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...
and still officially a part of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. *
Halabja Halabja ( ku, هەڵەبجە, Helebce, ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about northeast of Baghdad and from the Iranian border. The city lies at the base of what is often referred to ...
* Sirwan *
Khurmal District Khurmal District ( ku, قەزای خورماڵ, Qezay Xurmal) is a district of the Halabja Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, tra ...
( Khurmal) *
Byara District Byara District ( ku, قەزای بیارە, Qezay Biyare) is a district of the Halabja Governorate, in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, transli ...
( Byara)


See also

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List of postal codes in Iraq A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
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Governorates of Iraq Iraq consists of 19 governorates ( ar, محافظة, muḥāfażah; ckb, پارێزگا , parêzgeh), also known as "provinces". Per the Iraqi constitution, governorates can form an autonomous region. Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, ...


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