Halabja is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about 240 km northeast of Baghdad and 14 km from the Iranian border.
Halabja city
The Kurdistan Region is a semi-autonomous federal region of the Republic of Iraq. It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Du
Halabja
…Halabja (هەڵەبجە) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about 240 km (150 mi) northeast of Baghdad and 14 km (9 mi) from the Iranian border. The city…
Kurdish villagers working in a field
Exterior of the Kurdistan Parliament, Erbil
In official and diplomatic ceremonies, the region uses both the Flag of Kurdistan and the Flag of Iraq.
Peshmerga operate a tank in Erbil Governorate during the war against the Islamic State, 2016.