Governorates of Iraq

Iraq presently consists of 19 governorates (محافظة muḥāfażah in Arabic, parêzga in Kurdish), also known as "provinces". Per the Iraqi constitution, three or more governorates can join to form an autonomous region. Baghdad and Basra are the oldest standing administrative regions of Iraq while In 2014 the decision was made to create the Halabja Governorate out of the Halabja District of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate.[1][2]

Iraqi Governorates
المحافظات العراقية (Arabic)
پارێزگاکانی ئێراق (Kurdish)
Also known as:
Muḥāfażah
محافظة (Arabic)
پارێزگا‎ Parêzga
CategoryFederated state
LocationRepublic of Iraq
Number19 governorates
Populations220,000 (Helebce) – 7,055,200 (Baghdad)
Areas529 km2 (204.2 sq mi) (Baghdad) – 138,500 km2 (53,476 sq mi) (Al Anbar)
GovernmentGovernorate
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On 21 January 2014, the Council of Ministers of the government of Iraq approved in principle proposals to create more governorates.[3] The Council announced that two new governorates Tal Afar and Tuz Khurmatu would be formed from the current Nineveh Governorate and Saladin Governorate, respectively.[4] It was also announced that the city of Fallujah of the Al Anbar Governorate would become a separate governorate,[3] which was announced in response to a Sunni Islamist uprising in the city.

Governorates
Governorates of Iraq
Governorate Postal
code		ISO
code		 Total area
in miles2		 Total area
in km2		 Population
7 January 2011		 Population
Density
in miles		 Population
Density
in km		 Capital
Al Anbar 31AN 53,476 138,501 1,561,400 29.1 11.2 Ramadi
Babil 51BB 1,976 5,603 1,820,700 921.4 324.9 Hillah
Baghdad 10BG 78.84 4,555 7,055,200 89,487.5 1,548.8 Baghdad
Basra 61BA 7,360 19,070 2,532,000 344.0 132.7 Basra
Dhi Qar 64DQ 5,000 12,900 1,836,200 367.2 142.3 Nasiriyah
Al-Qādisiyyah 58QA 3,148 8,153 1,134,300 360.3 139.1 Al Diwaniyah
Diyala 32DI 6,828 17,685 1,443,200 211.3 81.6 Baqubah
Duhok 42DA 2,530 6,553 1,128,700 445.5 172.2 Duhok
Erbil (Erbîl) 44AR 5,820 15,074 1,612,700 277.0 106.9 Erbîl
Halabja (Helebce) 46— 1,180 3,060 337,000 285.5 110.1 Helebce
Karbala 56KA 1,944 5,034 1,066,600 548.6 211.8 Karbala
Kirkuk 36KI 3,737 9,679 1,395,600 373.4 144.1 Kirkuk
Maysan 62MA 6,205 16,072 971,400 156.5 60.4 Amarah
Muthanna 66MU 19,980 51,740 719,100 35.9 13.8 Samawah
Najaf 54NA 11,129 28,824 1,285,500 115.5 44.5 Najaf
Nineveh 41NI 14,410 37,323 3,270,400 226.9 87.6 Mosul
Saladin 34SD 9,556 24,751 1,408,200 147.3 56.8 Tikrit
Sulaymaniyah (Slêmanî) 46SU 6,573 17,023 1,878,800 285.8 110.3 Slêmanî
Wasit 52WA 6,623 17,153 1,210,600 182.7 70.5 Kut

Previous governorates
Governorate Now part of
Mosul Nineveh Governorate
Duhok Governorate
Diwaniya Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
Muthanna Governorate
Najaf Governorate
Dulaim (–1962)
Ramadi (1962–1976)		 Al Anbar Governorate
Muntafiq (–1976) Dhi Qar Governorate
Amara (–1976) Maysan Governorate
Kut (–1976) Wasit Governorate
Baghdad Baghdad Governorate
Saladin Governorate
Kirkuk (–1976)
At-Ta'mim (1976–2006)		 Kirkuk Governorate

See also

References
  1. "KRG order turning Halabja into province sets off street celebrations". Rudaw. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. "Kurdistan Region President signs Halabja province directive". Kurdistan Region Presidency. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Resolutions of Council of Ministers For Session No. 3 on 21/1/2014". 21 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "Iraqi Council of Ministers approved new provinces of Tuz Xurmatu and Tal Afar". Kurd Net. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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