Baba Gurgur is an oil field and gas flame near the city of Kirkuk, which was the first to be discovered in Northern Iraq in 1927.

Kirkuk is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located 238 kilometres north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River.