Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (kaza).

The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.

Districts of Iraq
اقضية العراق (Arabic)
CategoryFederation
LocationRepublic of Iraq
Number120
Populations≈2,000 (Byara)-Halabja Governorate – 356,718 (Fallujah)-Al Anbar Governorate
Government
  • District government
Subdivisions

The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses):

Al Anbar Governorate edit

Muthanna Governorate edit

 

Qadisiyyah Governorate edit

Babil Governorate edit

Baghdad Governorate edit

Basra Governorate edit

Dhi Qar Governorate edit

Diyala Governorate edit

Karbala Governorate edit

Kirkuk Governorate edit

(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim)

Maysan Governorate edit

Najaf Governorate edit

Nineveh Governorate edit

 

Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's de facto control.

Saladin Governorate edit

 

Wasit Governorate edit

Kurdistan Region edit

Dohuk Governorate edit

 

Dohuk Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Erbil Governorate edit

 

Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested.

Sulaymaniyah Governorate edit

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

 

Halabja Governorate edit

Halabja Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan and still officially a part of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

See also edit

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