Provinces o Iraq

Iraq is dividit intae 18 provinces (muḥāfażah):

<tr>Baghdād (بغداد)
Salāh ad-Dīn (صلاح الدين)
Diyālā (ديالى)
Wāsit (واسط)
Maysān (ميسان)
Al-Basrah (البصرة)
Dhī Qār (ذي قار)
Al-Muthannā (المثنى)
Al-Qādisiyyah (القادسية)<li>Bābil (بابل)
<li>Karbalā' (كربلاء)
<li>An-Najaf (النجف)
<li>Al-Anbar (الأنبار)
<li>Nīnawā (نينوى)
<li>Dohuk (دهوك)
<li>Arbīl (أربيل)
<li>Kirkuk (التاميم)
<li>As-Sulaymāniyyah (السليمانية)

The current set o provinces wis established in 1976. 

Follaein Saddam Hussein's invasion o Kuwait in 1990 the Kuwait Province wis proclaimit on August 28, 1990 as Iraq's 19t province up till the leeberation o Kuwait in the Gulf War on Februar 26, 1991.

Subdiveesions

The provinces are dividit intae qadhas (or destricts). The cairt on the richt shows the destricts (but daes no shaw the destrict names) athin each province.

Autonomous Region

Iraq currently haes ane autonomous region, Kurdish Autonomous Region, which is cried Iraqi Kurdistan an aa.

See an aw

 Leet o places in Iraq
 ISO 3166-2:IQ

Freemit airtins
Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps an Assessments o Iraq frae the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit
Bios o Iraqi Govrenment Offeecials  (as o 20 Julie 2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181427/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/r/r_iq.htm


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