Bardarash | |
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Town | |
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Coordinates: 36°30′12.2″N 43°35′14″E / 36.503389°N 43.58722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | ![]() |
Governorate | Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto) |
District | Akre District (de jure) Bardarash (de facto) |
Sub-district | Bardarash |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Urban | 25,263 |
• Rural | 5,068 |
Bardarash (Arabic: بردرش, Kurdish: بەردەڕەش, romanized: Berdereş)[2][3] or ʿAshā'ir al-Sabaʿ (Arabic: عشائر السبع)[4] is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is regarded as part of Akre District in the Nineveh Governorate by the Iraqi government, however, it is de facto controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government, as part of the Bardarash district of the Dohuk Governorate.[5]
Bardarash is mostly inhabited by Sunni Muslims.[5]