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Region of Iraq is a subdivision created by the
constitution-History:The current constitution was approved by a referendum that took place on 15 October 2005. The constitution was drafted in 2005 by members of the Iraqi Constitution Drafting Committee to replace the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period...
that was ratified in October 2005. The law affords the provinces the opportunity to form autonomous regions via referendum according to Chapter Five, Part One:
*Part One: Regions
The country's future Regions of Iraq are to be established from its current 18 Governorates||Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976. The governorates are divided into qadhas...
(or provinces). Any single province, or group of provinces, is entitled to request that it be recognized as a region, with such a request being made by either two-thirds of the members of the provincial councils in the provinces involved or by one-tenth of the registered voters in the province(s) in question.
Federal region status provides enhanced legal status and potentially additional revenues.
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Region of Iraq is a subdivision created by the
constitution-History:The current constitution was approved by a referendum that took place on 15 October 2005. The constitution was drafted in 2005 by members of the Iraqi Constitution Drafting Committee to replace the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period...
that was ratified in October 2005. The law affords the provinces the opportunity to form autonomous regions via referendum according to Chapter Five, Part One:
*Part One: Regions
The country's future Regions of Iraq are to be established from its current 18 Governorates||Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976. The governorates are divided into qadhas...
(or provinces). Any single province, or group of provinces, is entitled to request that it be recognized as a region, with such a request being made by either two-thirds of the members of the provincial councils in the provinces involved or by one-tenth of the registered voters in the province(s) in question.
Federal region status provides enhanced legal status and potentially additional revenues. Under the constitution, regions are entitled to an equitable share of the revenues, including those from oil.
As of 2009 there is only one region in existence - the
Iraqi KurdistanIraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region also referred to as Southern Kurdistan as part of Greater Kurdistan is an autonomous, federally recognized region of Iraq...
Region which was recognized as a region under article 113 of the constitution. In January 2009 a petition drive to hold a referendum to make
BasraAl-Baṣrah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 3,800,200 as of 2009. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it is incapable of deep water access, which is handled at the the port of Umm Qasr...
a region failed to gather sufficient signatures..
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