Kurdistan Region
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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
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.
Erbil
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Erbil, also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Erbil is described as the region's cultural, economic, indus
Kurdistan Region
…Arabization campaigns throughout the late 20th century. These northern territories remain contested between the Kurdistan Regional Government (in Erbil) and the Government of Iraq (in Baghdad) to the present day. The Kurdistan Region Parliament is based in Erbil, the capital of KRI. Throughout the 20th…
Shar Park, Hawler, Erbil Governorate, Iraq
Mudhafaria Minaret
A traditional Kurdish house interior, Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum, Citadel of Erbil
Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of Saint Joseph 2005