Provinces of Iraq: Difference between revisions
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| [[Anbar Province|Al Anbar Province]] || [[Ramadi]] || [[Sunni]] || contains [[Fallujah]] | | [[Anbar Province|Al Anbar Province]] || [[Ramadi]] || [[Sunni]] || contains [[Fallujah]] | ||
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| [[Arbil Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Arbil Province]] || [[Arbil]] || || | ||
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| [[Basrah Province|Al Basrah Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Basrah Province|Al Basrah Province]] || [[Basra]] || || | ||
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| [[Baghdad Province]] || [[Baghdad]] || || | | [[Baghdad Province]] || [[Baghdad]] || || | ||
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| [[Dahuk Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Dahuk Province]] || [[Dahuk ]] ||Mixed || | ||
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| [[Dhi Qar Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Dhi Qar Province]] || [[Nasiriyah]] || || | ||
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| [[Diyala Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Diyala Province]] || [[Baqubah]] || || | ||
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| [[Karbala Province]] || [[]] || | | [[Karbala Province]] || [[Karbala]] ||[[Shiite]]|| | ||
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| [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] || [[ ]] || || | ||
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| [[Maysan Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Maysan Province]] || [[Al Amarah]] || || | ||
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| [[Muthanna Province|Al Muthanna Province]] || [[]] || | | [[Muthanna Province|Al Muthanna Province]] || [[Samawa]] || [[Shiite]] || | ||
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| [[Najaf Province|An Najaf Province]] || [[]] || || | | [[Najaf Province|An Najaf Province]] || [[]] || [[Shiite]] || | ||
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| [[Ninawa Province]] || [[]] || || | | [[Ninawa Province]] || [[Mosul]] || || | ||
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| [[Qadisiyah Province|Al Qadisiyah Province]] || [[]] || || | | [[Qadisiyah Province|Al Qadisiyah Province]] || [[Diwaniyah]] || || | ||
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| [[Salah ad Din Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Salah ad Din Province]] || [[Salahuddin]] || [[Kurd|Kurdish]] || | ||
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| [[Sulaymaniyah |As Sulaymaniyah Province]] || [[]] || || | | [[Sulaymaniyah |As Sulaymaniyah Province]] || [[As Sulaymaniyah]] || || | ||
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| [[Ta'mim Province | At Ta'mim Province]] || [[]] || || | | [[Ta'mim Province | At Ta'mim Province]] || [[Kirkuk]] || || | ||
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| [[Wasit Province]] || [[ ]] || || | | [[Wasit Province]] || [[Al Kut]] || [[Shiite]] || | ||
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Revision as of 10:37, 27 July 2009
At present, there are 18 provinces of Iraq and one region. Baghdad. in Baghdad Province, is the national capital. In formal Iraqi usage, what is called a province is properly a governorate ((muhafazat, singular - muhafazah)
The country, which was formed by Britain by merging three provinces of the Ottoman Empire, roughly splits into Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish dominated areas. Saddam Hussein, a nominal Sunni, forced Arabization onto the Kurdish areas, so the population is more mixed there although there is a Kurdistan Regional Government. Kurdistan also has significant Turkmen and Christian minorities; the former a constant area of tension with Turkey.
Saddam's former stronghold is known as the Sunni Triangle.
Many have a formal prefix of al-, as in al-Anbar, but the root part is commonly used. Articles are named for the root (e.g., Anbar) although the table below shows prefixes; there are redirects with the prefix to the articles on the province.