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Districts of Iraq

{{Short description|Districts in The Republic Of Iraq}}

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Iraq's 19 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (qada).

The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.{{Infobox subdivision type|name=Districts of Iraq
اقضية العراق (Arabic)|alt_name=|map=Iraq Dist.png|category=Federation|territory=Republic of Iraq|start_date=|current_number=120|number_date=|population_range=≈2,000 (Byara)-Halabja Governorate – 356,718 (Fallujah)-Al Anbar Governorate|area_range=|government=District government|subdivision=Subdistricts}}

The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses):

Al Anbar Governorate

{{main|Al Anbar Governorate}}

Muthanna Governorate

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{{see also|Muthanna Governorate}}

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Qadisiyyah Governorate

{{see also|Qadisiyyah Governorate}}

Babil Governorate

{{see also|Babil Governorate}}

Baghdad Governorate

{{see also|Baghdad Governorate}}

Basra Governorate

{{see also|Basra Governorate}}

Dhi Qar Governorate

{{see also|Dhi Qar Governorate}}

Diyala Governorate

{{see also|Diyala Governorate}}

Karbala Governorate

{{see also|Karbala Governorate}}

Kirkuk Governorate

{{see also|Kirkuk Governorate}}

(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim)

Kirkuk District

Maysan Governorate

{{see also|Maysan Governorate}}

Najaf Governorate

{{see also|Najaf Governorate}}

Nineveh Governorate

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{{See also|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.

Saladin Governorate

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{{see also|Saladin Governorate}}

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Wasit Governorate

{{see also|Wasit Governorate}}

Kurdistan Region

=Dohuk Governorate=

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{{see also|Dohuk Governorate}}

Dohuk Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

=Erbil Governorate=

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{{see also|Erbil Governorate}}

Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested.

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=Sulaymaniyah Governorate=

{{see also|Sulaymaniyah Governorate}}

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

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=Halabja Governorate=

{{see also|Halabja Governorate}}

Halabja Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

See also

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061023000127/http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/013_A4_Iraq_districts.pdf humanitarianinfo district map]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070227024338/http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/010_A4_Iraq_governorates.pdf humanitarianinfo governorate map]

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