Place:Dohuk Governorate

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Duhok Governorate

Parêzgeha Dihok پارێزگای دھۆک

ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ‎‎ Hoparkiya d’Nohadra
Governorate
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Duhok Governorate within Kurdistan Region[1]
Duhok Governorate within Kurdistan Region[1]
Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 37°3′N 43°9′E / 37.05°N 43.15°E / 37.05; 43.15
Country Iraq
Autonomous region Kurdistan Region
CapitalDuhok
Government
 • GovernorHunar Ismail Akrey
Area
 • Total10,955.91 km2 (4,230.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total1,292,535
HDI (2018)0.702[2]
high · 4th of 17

Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: پارێزگای دھۆک ,Parêzgeha Dihokê‎;,[3][4] Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ‎‎, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra,[5] Arabic: محافظة دهوك) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its capital is the city of Duhok. It includes Zakho, the city that meets Ibrahim Khalil border between Turkey and Iraq. It borders the Al-Hasakah Governorate of Syria. Before 1976, it was part of Nineveh Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Duhok Governorate is natively inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians. The estimated population in 2018 was 1,292,535.

Government

  • Governor: Hunar Ismail Akrey
  • Deputy Governor: Majid Sayid Salih
  • Governorate Council Chairman (PCC): Fehim Abdullah[6]
  • 41 total seats
  • 33 seats for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
  • 4 seats for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
  • 4 seats for the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)[7]

Districts

Districts of the Duhok Governorate[8]

Duhok Governorate is divided into seven districts, four of which are officially part of Kurdistan Region, while three others are under de facto control of the Kurdistan Regional Government:

  • Amedi District
  • Duhok District
  • Semel District
  • Zakho District
  • Akre District
  • Bardarash District
  • Shekhan District (disputed)

Villages and towns

  • Bamerni
  • Sharmin
  • Araden
  • Avzrog
  • Badarash
  • Bebadeyy
  • Bakhetme
  • Dehi
  • Dawodiya
  • Duhok
  • Harmash
  • Hezany
  • Sarsink
  • Zawita
  • Sharya
  • Khanke

See also

  • 2011 Dohuk riots
  • Duhok international airport

References

  1. ↑ "Map of area of Kurdistan Region & its Governorates". Kurdistan Region Statistics Office, Kurdistan Regional Government. http://www.krso.net/Default.aspx?page=article&id=1142&l=1. 
  2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/. 
  3. ↑ "سەربەست تروانشی : لە ھەفتەی داھاتوو ژمارەی کاتژمێرەکانی پێدانی کارەبا بە پارێزگای دھۆک زیاد دەکات" (in ku). Zagros News Agancy. https://zagrosn.com/76867-1. Retrieved 21 December 2019. 
  4. ↑ "Serok Barzanî li gel berpirsên parêzgeha Dihokê civiya" (in ku). https://rojevakurd.com/serok-barzani-li-gel-berpirsen-parezgeha-dihoke-civiya/. Retrieved 21 December 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Bahra Magazine" (in syr). http://www.zowaa.co.uk/bahra/s145-2.pdf. Retrieved 27 April 2020. 
  6. ↑ "Human Rights Report 1 January – 31 March 2007". UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) بعثة الأمم المتحدة. 1 لتقديم المساعدة للعراق. 25 April 2007. http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/04/25/un.report.pdf. Retrieved 2015-09-06. 
  7. ↑ "Assyrian Elected as Deputy Governor of Duhok". Zinda Magazine 11 (17). 6 April 2005. http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2005/4.6.05/index_wed.php. Retrieved 13 August 2016. 
  8. ↑ "The map of Districts of Kurdistan Region". Kurdistan Region Statistics Office, Kurdistan Regional Government. http://www.krso.net/Default.aspx?page=article&id=1143&l=1. 




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