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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (''
kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...
''). 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

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Al-Qa'im District Al-Qa'im District () is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, on the border with Syria. It is centred on the town of Al-Qa'im. The Euphrates river flows through it. At its western end, in the city of Husaybah, is the Al-Qa'im border crossi ...
( Al-Qa'im) * Ar-Rutba District ( Ar-Rutba) * Anah District ( Anah) * Fallujah District ( Fallujah) * Haditha District ( Haditha) * Hīt District ( Hīt) *
Ramadi District Ramadi ( ar, قضاء الرمادي) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Ramadi. Cities *Ramadi Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadiy ...
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Ramadi Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''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 w ...
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Rawah District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_caption = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 =Governorates , su ...
( Rawah)


Muthanna Governorate

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Al-Khidhir District Al-Khidhir District ( ar, قضاء الخضر) is a district of the Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a coun ...
( Al-Khidhir) *
Al-Rumaitha District Al-Rumaitha District ( ar, قضاء الرميثة) is a district of the Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a ...
( Al-Rumaitha) * Al-Salman District ( Al-Salman) * Al-Samawa District (
Samawa , nickname = Samawa , settlement_type = City , motto = , image_skyline = مدينة السماوة.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Samawah , image_flag = , fl ...
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Qadisiyyah Governorate

* Afaq District ( Afaq) *
Al-Shamiya District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = File:Shamiya district empty.png , imagesize = , image_caption = Map , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position =right , pushpin_map_caption = , subdiv ...
( Al-Shamiya) * Diwaniya District (
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 ...
) * Hamza District ( Hamza)


Babil Governorate

* Al-Mahawil District ( Al-Mahawil) *
Al-Musayab District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position =right , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Iraq , subdivision_type ...
( Al-Musayab) * Hashimiya District ( Hashimiya) * Hilla District ( Hilla)


Baghdad Governorate

* Administrative Districts in Baghdad City ** Rusafa ** Adhamiyah ** Sadr City (formerly Thawra District (Revolution District) **
9 Nissan New Baghdad or Baghdad Al-Jidida ( ar, بغداد الجديدة) is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has nine Neighborhood Advisory Councils (NAC) and a District Advisory Council. It is located east of the city c ...
( New Baghdad) ** Karadah ** Al-Za'franiya ** Karkh **
Kadhimyah Kadhimiya ( ar, ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, al-Kāẓimiyyah, ) or Kadhimayn (, ) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about from the city's center, on the west bank of the Tigris. 'Kadhimiya' is also the name of on ...
** Mansour ** Al Rashid * Administrative Districts in Baghdad Suburban **
Abu Ghraib District Abu-Ghraib () is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Its hub is the city of Abu Ghraib. The population of the district was 189,000 as of 2003 100,000 people in the city of victory and peace and 89,000 people distributed to the rest of the ju ...
** Al Istiqlal District **
Al-Mada'in District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position =right , pushpin_map_caption = , subdivision_type = Country , sub ...
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Mahmudiya District Al-Mahmudiya () is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is Mahmoudiyah. Mahmudiya District has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, about over 88 percent of them Sunni and the rest Shia. This ratio is the result of the Iraqi Civil ...
( Mahmudiya) ** Taji District **
Al Tarmia District Al Tarmia District is a district of the Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Districts of Baghdad Province {{Iraq-geo-stub ...


Basra Governorate

* Abu Al-Khaseeb District ( Abu Al-Khaseeb) * Al-Midaina District (
Al-Midaina Al-Midaina ( ar, المدينة) is a city in the Basrah Governorate of Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It i ...
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Al-Qurna District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline = A farm in the town of Qurna 1.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = A farm in the town of Al Qurna , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position =right , push ...
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Al-Qurna Al-Qurnah (Kurnah or Qurna, meaning connection/joint in Arabic) is a town in southern Iraq about 74 km northwest of Basra, that lies within the conglomeration of Nahairat. Qurna is located at the confluence point of the Tigris and Euphrates river ...
) * Al-Zubair District ( Al-Zubair) * Basrah District ( Basrah) * al-Faw District ( al-Faw)


Dhi Qar Governorate

* Al-Chibayish District ( 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 District ( ar, قضاء المقدادية) is one of the districts of Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Districts of Diyala Province {{iraq-geo-stub ...
( Al-Muqdadiya) * Baladrooz District ( Baladrooz) * Ba'quba District (
Ba'quba Baqubah ( ar, بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated populatio ...
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Khanaqin District Khanaqin District ( ar, قضاء خانقين, ku, قەزای خانەقین) is a district in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. The district is a part of the Disputed territories of Northern Iraq. The Alwand River runs through Khanaqin District before ...
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Khanaqin Khanaqin ( ar, خانقين; ku, خانەقین, translit=Xaneqîn) is the central city of Khanaqin District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, near the Iranian border (8 km) on the Alwand tributary of the Diyala River. The town is populate ...
) * Kifri District ( Kifri)


Karbala Governorate

* Ain Al-Tamur District ( Ayn al-Tamr) *
Al-Hindiya District Al-Hindiya District ( ar, قضاء الهندية, translit=Kaza Al-Hindiya) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq. Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north of the district controls floods a ...
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Al-Hindiya Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( ar, الهندية) 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 ( ar, طويريج), which gives ...
) * 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) * Al-Dibs District ( Al-Dibs)


Maysan Governorate

* Ali Al-Gharbi District (
Ali Al-Gharbi ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
) * Al-Kahla District ( Al-Kahla) * Al-Maimouna District ( Al-Maimouna) * Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District ( Al-Mejar Al-Kabi) *
Amara District Amara District (Arabic: حي عمارة) is a district of the Maysan Governorate, Iraq. The population of Amara District is currently around 1,250,000 people. Amarah Amarah ( ar, ٱلْعَمَارَة, al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is ...
( Amarah) * Qal'at Saleh District ( Qal'at Saleh)


Najaf Governorate

* Al-Manathera District ( Al-Manathera) *
Kufa District Kufa District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Tu ...
( Kufa) * Najaf District ( Najaf) * 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 ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with '' de jure'' ("by l ...
control. * Akre District ( Akre) *
Al-Ba'aj District Al-Ba'aj District ( ar, بعاج) is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Al-Ba'aj. Other settlements include Qaryat al-Sakar and Al-Jughaifi. The district is predominantly Sunni Arab. See also

* Al ...
( Al-Ba'aj) *
Al-Hamdaniya District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline =File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption =Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position = ...
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Bakhdida Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, is an Assyrian city in Iraq within the Nineveh Governorate, located about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 km (37 mi) west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close ...
) * Hatra District (
Hatra Hatra ( ar, الحضر; syr, ‎ܚܛܪܐ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The city lies northwest of Baghdad and southwest of Mosul. Hatra was a strongly fortifi ...
) * Mosul District (
Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second larg ...
) * Shekhan District ( Ain Sifni) * Sinjar District ( Sinjar) *
Tel Afar District , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Tel Afar (orange) in Ninawa governorate , pushpin_map = , pushpin_label_position = right , pus ...
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Tal Afar Tal Afar ( ar, تَلْعَفَر, Talʿafar, ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul, 52 km (32 mi) east of SinjarTel Keppe District (
Tel Keppe Tel Keppe ( syr, ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ ', ar, تل كيف ', alternatively spelled Tel Kaif or Telkef) is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Mosul.Welcome to Te ...
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Saladin Governorate

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Al-Daur District Al-Daur District (; also spelled Ad-Dawr) is a district of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Districts of Saladin Governorate {{Iraq-geo-stub ...
( Al-Daur) * Al-Shirqat District (
Al-Shirqat , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position =right , pushpin_map_caption = , subdivision_type = Country , sub ...
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Baiji District Baiji District () is a district of Saladin Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by T ...
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Baiji The baiji (; IPA: ; ''Lipotes vexillifer'', ''Lipotes'' meaning "left behind" and ''vexillifer'' "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolph ...
) * Balad District ( Balad) * Samarra District ( Samarra) * Tikrit District ( Tikrit) * Tooz District (
Tuz Khurmatu Tuz Khurmatu ( ar, طوزخورماتو, tr, Tuzhurmatu, ku, دووزخورماتوو, translit=Duz Xurmatû, also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles (88 ...
) * Dujail District ( Dujail)


Wasit Governorate

* Al-Aziziyah District ( Al-Aziziyah) *
Al-Hai District Al-Hai District ( ar, قضاء الحي, translit=Kaza Al-Hai) is a district of the Wasit Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq ...
( Al-Hai) * Al-Na'maniya District ( Al-Na'maniya) * Al-Suwaira District ( Al-Suwaira) *
Badra District Badra District ( ar, قضاء بدرة; ku, قەزای بەدرە, translit=Kaza Badra) is a district of the Wasit Governorate, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, ...
( Badra) *
Kut District Kut District ( ar, قضاء الكوت, translit=Kaza Al-Kut)is a district of the Wasit Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Kut Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city i ...
( Kut)


Kurdistan Region


Dohuk Governorate

Dohuk Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan. * Amadiya District ( Amadiya) * Dahuk District ( Dahuk) * Sumel District ( Sumel) * Zakho District ( Zakho)


Erbil Governorate

Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested. * Erbil District (71) * Koisanjaq District (80) *
Shaqlawa Shaqlawa ( ku, شەقڵاوە, Şeqlawe, ar, شقلاوة, ) is a historic city and a hill station in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Shaqlawa, a city of approximately 25,500 people, lies 51 km to the northeast of Erbi ...
District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer * Soran District (94), cities are Town of Soran,
Rawanduz Rawandiz ( ar, رواندز; ku, ڕەواندز, Rewandiz) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, located in the Erbil Governorate, close to the borders with Iran and Turkey, it is located 10 km to the east from Bekhal Waterfall. The di ...
and Diana * Makhmur District *
Mergasur District Mergasor District ( ckb, قەزای مێرگەسۆر, Qezay Mêrgesor; ) is a district in northern Erbil Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan Region. Geography The district encompasses the five subdistricts Barzan, Iraq, Barzan, Goratu, Bl ...
(83) *
Choman District Choman District ( ku, قەزای چۆمان, Qezay Çoman; ) is a district in Erbil Province, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a coun ...
(66) * Ankawa District


Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan. *
Pshdar District Pshdar District (; ) is a district of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.Qaladiza) * Chamchamal District (
Chamchamal Chamchamal ( ku, چه‌مچه‌ماڵ, Çemçemal, ar, جمجمال) is a town located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Controlled by Kurdistan, it is the town which is nearest located to the disputed territories of Northern ...
) * Darbandokeh District ( Darbandikhan) * Dokan District ( Dokan) * Kalar District ( Kalar) * Rania District (
Rania Rania may refer to: Places * Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India. * Ranya, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan * Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India ** Rania, Khunti, ...
) * Sharbazher District ( Sharbazher) * Sulaymaniya District (
Sulaymaniya Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, Go ...
) * Saidsadiq District ( Saidsadiq) * Sharazoor District ( Zarayan) * Penjwin District ( Penjwin) * Mawat District ( Mawat) * Qaradagh District ( Qaradagh)


Halabja Governorate

Halabja Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan and still officially a part of
Sulaymaniyah Governorate ar, محافظة السليمانية , other_name = , settlement_type = Governorate , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise, from ...
. * Halabja * Sirwan *
Khurmal District Khurmal District ( ku, قەزای خورماڵ, Qezay Xurmal) is a district of the Halabja Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, tra ...
( Khurmal) *
Byara District Byara District ( ku, قەزای بیارە, Qezay Biyare) is a district of the Halabja Governorate, in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, transli ...
( Byara)


See also

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List of postal codes in Iraq A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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Governorates of Iraq Iraq consists of 19 governorates ( ar, محافظة, muḥāfażah; ckb, پارێزگا , parêzgeh), also known as "provinces". Per the Iraqi constitution, governorates can form an autonomous region. Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, ...


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