Iraqi Kurdistan

This page is about the part of Kurdistan in Iraq. For Iraq's Kurdish autonomous republic, see Kurdistan Region.

Map of Iraqi Kurdistan within Iraq

Iraqi Kurdistan or South Kurdistan is the part of Kurdistan which is in Iraq.

Iraqi Kurdistan is in the north of Iraq. The area is to the west of Iranian Kurdistan. To Iraqi Kurdistan's west is Syrian Kurdistan, and to the north is Turkish Kurdistan.

Gallery

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  Kurdish tribes of Iraqi Kurdistan, with names of the tribes in red letters.

Iraqi Kurdistan Media

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  Approximate map of the Kurdish-populated region of Iraq

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  Erbil, capital of Kurdistan Region

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  An image of Sulaimani

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  Greater Zab River near Erbil

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  US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) photograph by ACoE photographer Jim Gordon. Splendid canyon, Kurdistan, northern Iraq.

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  Shanidar Cave is surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation.

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  Ottoman vilayets of Van and Mossoul, 1899. Modern Iraqi Kurdistan is covered by the Mosul vilayet (green), which is divided into the sanjaks of Mossoul (Mosul), Kerkouk (Kirkuk and Erbil), and Souleimanié (Sulaymaniyah). To the east is Persia and south is the vilayet of Bagdad.

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  Ethnographical Map of the contested territory, compiled by the Commission according to the latest statistics drawn up by the Government of Iraq (1922–1924), League of Nations. Green shows the Kurdish population in the region, while yellow is used for Arabs and purple for Yazidis

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  Mahmud Barzanji was the leader of a series of Kurdish uprisings against the British Mandate of Iraq.

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  Kingdom of Kurdistan in 1923