Duhok Governorate
Duhok (also Dohuk or Dahuk, Arabic: دهوك, Kurdish: [دهۆك] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Duhok, Assyrian: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Nohadra) is a province of the Kurdistan Region located in northern Iraq. The capital is also called Duhok. 510,000 people live in the province and the vast majority of them are Kurds.
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محافظة دهوك پارێزگای دھۆک ܗܘܦܲܪܟܝܵܐ ܕܕܸܗܘܟ Duhok Province | |
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Governorate | |
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 Location of the Duhok Governorate (red) – in Iraq (red, beige & light grey) | |
![Dohuk Governorate within Kurdistan Region[1]](/wiki/File:Kurdistan_governorates_2015.png) Dohuk Governorate within Kurdistan Region[1] | |
| Coordinates: 37°3′N 43°9′E / 37.050°N 43.150°ECoordinates: 37°3′N 43°9′E / 37.050°N 43.150°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan |
| Capital | Duhok |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Farhad Azad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,955.91 km2 (4,230.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,011,585 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.679[2] medium |
Duhok Governorate Media
Map showing the districts of the Dihok (Dohuk) Governorate of Kurdistan Region in Iraq (in 2012).
References
- ↑ "Map of area of Kurdistan Region & its Governorates". Kurdistan Region Statistics Office, Kurdistan Regional Government. Archived from the original on 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
