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Duhok Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate. History The city's origin dates back to the Sto ...

, leader_title =

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

, leader_name = Ali Tatar , area_total_km2 = 10,955.91 , population_total = 1,292,535 , population_as_of = 2018 , population_footnotes = , density_km2 = , blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2018) , blank_info_sec2 = 0.702
· 4th of 17 , name = Duhok Governorate ( ku, پارێزگای دھۆک ,Parêzgeha Dihokê, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Hoparkiya d’Nohadra, ar, محافظة دهوك, Muḥāfaẓat Dahūk) is a

governorate 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 states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...

in the autonomous

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok ...

of Iraq. Its capital is the city of

. It includes Zakho, near the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

. It borders the

Al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (pro ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. Before 1969, it was part of

Nineveh Governorate Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an ...

, which was called Mosul Governorate. The estimated population in 2018 was 1,292,535.

Demographics

Duhok Governorate is mainly populated by

Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...

with an

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyri ...

, and Armenian minority. Historically, there was a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

population in the region as well. The main religious groups are

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ...

and

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ� ...

Government

*Governor: Ali Tatar Nerweyi *Deputy Governor:

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*Governorate Council Chairman (PCC): Fehim Abdullah *41 total seats *33 seats for the

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional G ...

(KDP) *4 seats for the

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ku, یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان, translit=Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK descri ...

(PUK) *4 seats for the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)

Districts

Duhok Governorate is divided into seven

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, four of which are officially part of

, while three others are under ''de facto'' control of the Kurdistan Regional Government: * Amedi District *

Duhok District , native_name_lang = ckb , other_name = قضاء دهوك , type = District , image_skyline = File:Dahukdistricts.jpg , image_size = , image_alt = , image_captio ...

* Semel District * Zakho District * Akre District (Disputed) * Bardarash District (Disputed) * Shekhan District (Disputed)

Villages and towns

Araden Araden ( ar, أرادن, , syr, ܐܪܕܢ) is a village in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the Amadiya District. In the village, there are Chaldean Catholic churches of Mart Shmune, Sultana ...

Avzrog Avzrog (, , , ) is a village in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the district of Simele District, Simele. The village is divided into lower and upper sections. In Avzrog Shano, there is a church of Mar Saint George, ...

* Badarash *

Bakhetme Bakhetme ( ar, باختمه, ku, باختمێ, syr, ܒܚܬܡܐ) is a village in the Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Simele District. In the village, there are churches of Mar Gewargis. There was previo ...

* Bamarni *

Bebadeyy Bebadi ( syr, ܒܝܬܒܝܕܥ, Beth Bede, ku, بێباد, translit=Bêbadê) is a village in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the district of Amadiya. In the village, there is a church of Mart Sh ...

* Dehi * Dawodiya *

* Harmash * Hezany * Khanke * Sarsink * Sharmin *

Sharya Sharya (russian: Шарья́) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 26,000 (1974). History It was founded in 1906 and ...

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Zawita Zawita ( ar, زاويتة, ku, زاویته, translit=Zawîte) is a town in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The name of the town is thought to come from the Syriac word for "corner." The town is inhabited mainly by Kurds and th ...

References

{{Authority control Governorates of Iraq Assyrian geography Geography of Iraqi Kurdistan Upper Mesopotamia 1976 establishments in Iraq States and territories established in 1975

Demographics

Government

Districts

Villages and towns

See also

References