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Dohuk Governorate

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Country
  
Iraq

Area
  
6,553 km²

Capital
  
Dohuk

Population
  
1.423 million (2015)

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 33% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Dream City, Dohuk Dam, Dream Rose

Dohuk Governorate (Kurdish: پارێزگای دھۆک‎, Syriac: ܗܘܦܲܪܟܝܵܐ ܕܕܸܗܘܟ‎ , Arabic: محافظة دهوك‎‎ Muḥāfaẓat Dahūk) is a governorate in Iraq. Its capital is the city of Dohuk. It includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Prior to 1976 it was part of Nineveh Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Dohuk Governorate is mainly inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians, with a small number of Yazidis and Armenians. The estimated population in 2015 was 1,423,114.

Contents

Map of Duhok Governorate, Iraq

Government

  • Governor: Farhad Ameen Kortê
  • Deputy Governor: Behzad Ali Adam
  • Governorate Council Chairman (PCC): Fadhil Omer
  • 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)

    • Districts

    Dohuk 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
  • Dohuk District
  • Semel District
  • Zakho District
  • Akre District (de jure Nineveh Governorate)
  • Shekhan District (de jure Nineveh Governorate)
  • Sinjar District (de jure Nineveh Governorate)

    • Settlements

  • Bamarne
  • Araden
  • Avzrog
  • Badarash
  • Bebadeyy
  • Dehi
  • Dawodiya
  • Dohuk
  • Gir-e Kumar
  • Harmash
  • Hezany
  • Sarsink
  • Sumail
  • Zawita

    • References

    Dohuk Governorate Wikipedia
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