Erbīl is a
governorate||Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976. The governorates are divided into qadhas...
of
IraqIraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria...
located in the north of the country. It derives its name from the city of Arbil, which is also its capital .
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Erbīl is a
governorate||Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976. The governorates are divided into qadhas...
of
IraqIraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria...
located in the north of the country. It derives its name from the city of Arbil, which is also its capital .
The governorate of Erbil covers an area of in the north of Iraq, with an estimated population (in 2003) of 1,314,000 people. It is largely populated by
KurdsThe Kurds are an Ethnic-Iranian ethnolinguistic group mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
but has a small minority of
AssyriansThe Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent, their homeland today being divided between Northern Iraq, Syria, Western...
. The governorate is a part of the
KurdistanKurdistan is an extensive plateau and mountainous area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by Kurds...
autonomous region.
The region's economy is largely agricultural with some oil production and was badly affected by the conflict between
Saddam HusseinSaddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
and the Iraqi Kurds, although smuggling in defiance of the
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...
sanctions regime enabled many locals to keep afloat and even to prosper in some cases.
Since August 2004, the
South KoreaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...
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Zaytun DivisionThe Zaytun Division was a contingent of Republic of Korea Army troops operating in Northern Iraq from September 2004 to December 2008, carrying out peacekeeping and reconstruction tasks.-Formation:...
(around 3,000 soldiers) were dispatched to the province for peace-keeping and reconstruction.
On May 30, 2007, Arbīl was handed over to local Iraqi authorities by Coalition forces as part of a three province handover.
Districts (No)
- Makhmour (81)
- Erbil (71)
- Koisanjaq (80)
- Shaqlawa
Shaqlawa is a city in the Arbil Governorate in Northern Iraq.Shaqlawa is 51 km from Erbil city's center, at the bottom of Safeen Mountain, and to the north of Erbil...
(89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer
- Soran
Soran is an area in Iraqi Kurdistan bordering Iranian and Turkey. Its main city is also called Soran, although the town of Rawanduz is better known outside of the region...
(94), cities are Town of SoranSoran, lies within Erbil Governorate, southern Kurdistan, with a population of approximately 125,000, of which 64% were refugees who returned to Iraq within the last ten years...
, RawanduzThe town Rawanduz is located in the sub-district of Soran, in the Erbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border....
and Diana
- Mergasur (83)
- Choman (66)
Cities and Towns
- Bahirkāh , population 6758
- Banī Šilāwah Gawrah , population 37322
- Darband , population 10086
- Erbīl
Arbil may refer to:* Arbil, city* Erbil Governorate...
, population 1091636
- Kalkān , population 6846
- Kūnagurk , population 30283
- Kūsanjaq , population 15123
- Maẖmūr , population 18128
- Rawāndūz
The town Rawanduz is located in the sub-district of Soran, in the Erbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border....
, population 95089
- Şalāh̨addīn , population 18205
- Šāwīš , population 7387
- Tāiman , population 6143
- Yāramjah
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