Kirkuk Province

Kirkuk Province (, Turkis: Kerkük) is a province in northren Iraq. The province haes an aurie o 9,679 square kilometres (3,737 sq mi). In 2003 the estimatit population wis 848,000 fowk. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Kirkuk. It is dividit intae fower destricts.

Frae 1976 tae 2006, it wis namit At-Ta'mim Province which means "Naitional Province" an refers tae the naitional awnership o the regional ile an naitural gas reserves. Prior tae 1976 it haed been namit Kirkuk Province.

Provincial Govrenment
Govrenor: Najmiddin Karim  
Deputy Govrenor: Rokaan Siad  
Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Hassan Touran  

Destricts
 Destrict Tot Population 2003 Dibbis 34,254 Daquq 40,237 Al-Hawiga 151,267 Kirkuk 622,249

Demographics
 1957 Census results for Kirkuk Province Mither tounge Kirkuk Ceety Rest o Kirkuk Province Tot Percentage o tot population Arabic  27,127  82,493  109,620  28.2% Kurdish  40,047  147,546  187,593  48.2% Turkis  45,306  38,065  83,371  21.4% Syriac  1,509  96  1,605  0.4% Ebreu  101  22  123  0.03 Ither  6,330  215  6,545  1.77% Tot  120,402  268,437  388,829  100%

References

Freemit airtins
Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq's Provinces frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit


Category:Provinces o Iraq
Category:Fertile Crescent