Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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governorates A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is typically used to calque divisions o ...

are subdivided into 120 districts ('' qada''). 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

* Al-Qa'im District ( Al-Qa'im) * Ar-Rutba District ( Ar-Rutba) * Anah District (

Anah Anah or Ana (, ), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf. Anah lies from west to east on the right bank along a bend of the river just before it tu ...

) * Fallujah District (

Fallujah Fallujah ( ) is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Situated on the Euphrates, Euphrates River, it is located roughly to the west of the capital city of Baghdad and from the neighboring city of Ramadi. The city is located in the region ...

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Haditha District Haditha () is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the town of Haditha. There is a huge lake near the town and a dam in front of it called Haditha Dam, contains six hydroelectric stations, two drainage outlets, and a wat ...

( Haditha) * Hīt District (

Hīt Hit or Heet (, ''Hīt'') is a city in Al Anbar Governorate of Iraq. Situated on the banks of the Euphrates River, it lies northwest of Ramadi, the provincial capital. The city is administrative capital for Hit District. A major city in the cent ...

) * Ramadi District (

Ramadi Ramadi ( ''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 which shares borders with Syri ...

) * Rawah District ( Rawah)

Muthanna Governorate

Al-Khidhir District Al-Khidhir District () is a district of the Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turke ...

( Al-Khidhir) * Al-Rumaitha District ( Al-Rumaitha) * Al-Salman District ( Al-Salman) * Al-Samawa District ( Samawa)

Qadisiyyah Governorate

* Afaq District ( Afaq) *

Al-Shamiya District Al-Shamiya District is a district of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Shamiya. It has 4 subdistricts: Al-Shamiya (الشامية), Ghammas (غماس), Al-Aslahea (الصلاحية), and Almhnanwip (المهناوي� ...

( Al-Shamiya) *

Diwaniya District Diwaniya District () is a district in Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate, southern Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–T ...

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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 District Hamza District () is a district of the Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq, nearly 200km south of Baghdad. Its seat is the city Hamza The hamza ( ') () is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, ...

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Hamza The hamza ( ') () is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, in non-Arabic languages, indicates a diphthong, vowel, or other features, depending on the language. Derived from the letter '' ʿayn'' ( ...

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Babil Governorate

Al-Mahawil District Al-Mahawil () is a district in Babil Governorate, Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, ...

( Al-Mahawil) * Al-Musayab District ( Al-Musayab) *

Hashimiya District Hashimiya District () is a district of the Babil Governorate, Iraq. The seat of the district is Al Hashimiyah Al Hashimiyah () is a town in Babil Governorate, Iraq. It is located south of Baghdad. Background Al Hashimiyah is named after Ha ...

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Hilla District Al-Hillah () is a district in Babil Governorate, Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, ...

( Hilla)

Baghdad Governorate

* Administrative Districts in Baghdad City ** Rusafa ** Adhamiyah **

Sadr City Sadr City (), formerly known as Al-Thawra () and Saddam City (), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister of Iraq, Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim, Abdul Karim Qassim and named Al-Rafidain Distric ...

(formerly Thawra District (Revolution District) ** 9 Nissan ( New Baghdad) ** Karadah ** Al-Za'franiya ** Karkh ** Kadhimyah ** Mansour ** Al Rashid * Administrative Districts in Baghdad Suburban ** Abu Ghraib District ** Al Istiqlal District ** Al-Mada'in District ** Mahmudiya District ( Mahmudiya) ** Taji District ** Al Tarmia District

Basra Governorate

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. It got its name from ''Abu al-Khasib canal'', which was excavated by and named after a client of the 8th-century Abbasid caliph, Abu ...

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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, wel ...

) * Al-Midaina District ( Al-Midaina) * Al-Qurna District ( Al-Qurna) * Al-Zubair District ( Al-Zubair) * Basrah District (

Basrah Basra () is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq border at the north-easternmost exten ...

) * al-Faw District ( al-Faw)

Dhi Qar Governorate

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 su ...

( Al-Chibayish) * Al-Rifa'i District ( Al-Rifa'i) * Al-Shatra District ( Al-Shatra) * Nassriya District ( Nassriya) * Suq Al-Shoyokh District ( Suq Al-Shoyokh)

Diyala Governorate

* Al-Khalis District ( Al-Khalis) * Al-Muqdadiya District ( Al-Muqdadiya) * Baladrooz District ( Baladrooz) * Ba'quba District ( Ba'quba) * Khanaqin District ( Khanaqin) * Kifri District ( Kifri)

Karbala Governorate

* Ain Al-Tamur District ( Ayn al-Tamr) *

Al-Hindiya District Al-Hindiya District () Is a district in Karbala Governornate. (formerly belonged to Babil Governorate) Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north of the district controls floods and diverts water fro ...

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Al-Hindiya Al-Hindiya or Hindiya () 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 (), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" () that ...

) * Kerbala District ( Kerbala)

Kirkuk Governorate

(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim) * Al-Hawiga District ( Al-Hawiga) * Daquq District ( Daquq) * Kirkuk District (

Kirkuk Kirkuk (; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate. The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Cit ...

) * Al-Dibs District ( Al-Dibs)

Maysan Governorate

* Ali Al-Gharbi District ( Ali Al-Gharbi) * Al-Kahla District ( Al-Kahla) * Al-Maimouna District ( Al-Maimouna) * Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District ( Al-Mejar Al-Kabi) * Amara District (

Amarah Amarah (), 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 northern tip of the marshlands between ...

) * Qal'at Saleh District ( Qal'at Saleh)

Najaf Governorate

* Al-Manathera District ( Al-Manathera) * Kufa District (

Kufa Kufa ( ), 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, Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Along with Samarra, Karbala, Kadhimiya ...

) * Najaf District (

Najaf Najaf is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam an ...

) * 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 de facto control. * Al-Ba'aj District ( Al-Ba'aj) * Al-Hamdaniya District ( Bakhdida) * Hatra District (

Hatra Hatra (; (); ) was an ancient Arab city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie northwest of Baghdad and southwest of Mosul. It is considered the richest archaeologi ...

) * Mosul District (

Mosul Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ...

) * Sinjar District (

Sinjar Sinjar (; , ) 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 population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023, and is predominantly Yazidi. History ...

) * Tel Afar District (

Tal Afar Tal Afar (, ; ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located west of Mosul, east of SinjarTel Keppe District ( Tel Keppe)

Saladin Governorate

* Al-Daur District ( Al-Daur) * Al-Shirqat District ( Al-Shirqat) * Baiji District (

Baiji The baiji (''Lipotes vexillifer'') is a probably extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolphin species driven to extinction due to the impact of humans. This dolphin is ...

) * Balad District ( Balad) * Samarra District (

Samarra Samarra (, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and mi ...

) * Tikrit District (

Tikrit Tikrit ( ) 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 Governorate. In 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000. Originally created as a f ...

) * Tooz District (

Tuz Khurmatu Tuz Khurmatu (, , , also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located south of Kirkuk. Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Turkmen, with a minority of Arabs and Sunni ...

) * Dujail District ( Dujail)

Wasit Governorate

* Al-Aziziyah District ( Al-Aziziyah) * Al-Hai District ( Al-Hai) * Al-Na'maniya District ( Al-Na'maniya) * Al-Suwaira District ( Al-Suwaira) * Badra District ( Badra) * Kut District (

Kut Kūt (), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara, or Kut Al Amara is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. the estimated populatio ...

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Kurdistan Region

Dohuk Governorate

Dohuk Governorate is part of

Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan () refers to the Kurds, Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdist ...

. * Amadiya District ( Amadiya) * Dahuk District ( Dahuk) * Sumel District ( Sumel) * Zakho District ( Zakho) * Batifa Batifa District * Bardarash District Bardarash * Akre district * Shekhan District

Erbil Governorate

Erbil Governorate is part of

, 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 Soran (, ) is a district and an independent administration of the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, in Iraq, bordering Iran and Turkey. Its main city is Soran. Soran District is similar to a county, and the seat of government is in Diana, h ...

(94), cities are Town of Soran, Rawanduz and Diana * Makhmur District * Mergasur District (83) * Choman District (66) * Ankawa District

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of

. * Pshdar District ( Qaladiza) * Chamchamal District (

Chamchamal Chamchamal (, ) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. it is the town which is nearest located to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Chamchamal is home to the Gorani language, Gorani-speaking Kurds, Kurdish ...

) * 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

Halabja Governorate is part of

. * Halabja * Sirwan * Khurmal District ( Khurmal) * Byara District ( Byara) * Bamo

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