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Kirkuk Governorate

Kirkuk Governorate
Flag of Kirkuk Governorate
Location of Kirkuk Governorate
Coordinates: 35°22′N 44°8′E / 35.367°N 44.133°E / 35.367; 44.133
Country Iraq (Disputed territories of Northern Iraq)[1]
CapitalKirkuk
Government
 • TypeProvincial government
Area
 • Total
9,679 km2 (3,737 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
1,597,876
ISO 3166 codeIQ-KI
Official language(s)Arabic, Kurdish, Syriac and Turkish
HDI (2018)0.708[2]
high · 1st of 17

Kirkuk Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كركوك, romanizedMuḥāfaẓat Karkūk;[3] Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک, romanizedParêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk;[4][5] Turkish: Kerkük Valiliği) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq. The governorate has an area of 9,679 square kilometres (3,737 sq mi). In 2017, the estimated population was 1,259,561 people.[6] The provincial capital is the city of Kirkuk. It is divided into four districts.

The province was named Kirkuk Governorate until 1976, when it was named At-Ta'mim Governorate, meaning "nationalization", referring to the national ownership of the regional oil and natural gas reserves. In 2006, the name "Kirkuk Governorate" was restored.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Hanish, Shak (1 March 2010). "The Kirkuk Problem and Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution: The Kirkuk Problem". Digest of Middle East Studies: 15–25. doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.2010.00002.x. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "الرئيسية". kirkuk.gov.iq (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ "کۆبوونەوەی ئەنجوومەنی پارێزگای کەرکووک شکستی هێنا" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî bi 96 namzedan dikeve hilbijartinan". Rûpela nû (in Kurdish). 17 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. ^ Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology, Iraq

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