Kirkuk Governorate | |
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| Coordinates: 35°22′N 44°8′E / 35.367°N 44.133°E | |
| Country |  Iraq (Disputed territories of Northern Iraq)[1] |
| Capital | Kirkuk |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial government |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,679 km2 (3,737 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 1,597,876 |
| ISO 3166 code | IQ-KI |
| Official language(s) | Arabic, Kurdish, Syriac and Turkish |
| HDI (2018) | 0.708[2] high · 1st of 17 |
Kirkuk Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كركوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk;[3] Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک, romanized: Parêzgeha 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "الرئيسية". kirkuk.gov.iq (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "کۆبوونەوەی ئەنجوومەنی پارێزگای کەرکووک شکستی هێنا" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî bi 96 namzedan dikeve hilbijartinan". Rûpela nû (in Kurdish). 17 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology, Iraq