Source: http://poland.gov.krd/about-kurdistan/basic-facts/
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 02:05:28+00:00

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Consists of three transverse fields of red, white and green colours. The sun in the center is a religious and national symbol. Twenty-one-rays symbolize the 21st day of March, which is the Kurdish new year.
The Kurds have their national anthem Ey Reqib. The song was written in 1938 by a Kurdish poet and political activist Dildar, while he was imprisoned. “Ey Reqib” in Kurdish means “Hey guard,” which refers to the prison guards in the prison where he was held and tortured. In 1946, the song was adopted as the anthem of the Republic of Mahabad. It was also the official anthem of the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Region area with the Kurdish areas outside the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government ARE MARKED on the map (marked) with stripes.
Religions: Approx. 90% of the Kurds are Muslims, 90% profess Sunni Islam. At the same time Iraqi Kurdistan is a place where for many years the Muslims live in peace with the followers of other religions, including Christianity and Judaism Yezidism.
Art 1: The Republic of Iraq is a single, independent federal state with full sovereignty.
Art. 115: All powers not stipulated in the exclusive powers of the federal government belong to the authorities of the regions […] With regard to other powers shared between the federal government and the regional government, priority shall be given to the law of the regions.
Art. 117 (1) This Constitution, upon coming into force, shall recognize the region of Kurdistan, along with its existing authorities, as a federal region.
Art. 120: Each region shall adopt a constitution of its own that defines the structure of powers of the region, its authorities, and the mechanisms for exercising such authorities, provided that it does not contradict Iraqi Constitution.
Art. 121, (1) The regional powers shall have the right to exercise executive, legislative, and judicial powers in accordance with this Constitution, except for those authorities stipulated in the exclusive authorities of the federal government.
Art. 121, (2) In case of a contradiction between regional and national legislation in respect to a matter outside the exclusive authorities of the federal government, the regional power shall have the right to amend the application of the national legislation within that region.
Art. 121, (4) Offices for the regions and provinces shall be established in embassies and diplomatic missions, in order to follow cultural, social, and developmental affairs.
Art. 121, (5) The regional government shall be responsible for all the administrative requirements of the region, particularly the establishment and organization of the internal security forces for the region such as police, security forces, and guards of the region.
A total of 26 countries have their representations in the Kurdistan Region.
According to statistics from 2013, in the Kurdistan Region there were 2300 foreign companies and 15,000 local businesses registered.
In 2014 Erbil is THE (a) Tourism capital of ALL Arab Countries.
In June 2014 the first sight on the territory of the Kurdistan Region, the citadel in Erbil, which is considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The government estimates that by 2025 the Kurdistan Region will have 7 million tourists annually.
$ 3.4 billion are prepared to invest in education.
$ 100 million is assigned by the Kurdistan Regional Government for the Human Capital Development Programme – foreign scholarships for students from the Kurdistan Region.
39 large oil companies from 19 different countries working in the Kurdistan Region (including Chevron, Exxon, Gazprom, OMV, Repsol, Total, MOL).
AN Energy Agreement signed between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey assumes the transport of THE oil pipeline from THE Kurdistan Region to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

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