Governorates of Iraq

Iraq is divided into 18(discluding partially recognized halabja)Governorates (muhafazah). also the Iraqi Constitution has recognized only one autonomous federal region inside Iraq, the name of the region is Kurdistan Region, this region consists of the three Governorates(and one partially recognized one)of Duhok ( دهوك ), Erbil ( اربيل ), As-Sulaymaniyah (السليمانية ) and Halabja (حلبجة)

Kurdistan Region Governorates are marked in bold.

Partially recognized Governorate are marked in Italic.

Al-Anbar (الانبار)
Erbil (اربيل)
Babil (ديالى)
Baghdad (بغداد)
Basra (بصرة)
Dhi Qar (ذي قار)
Duhok (دهوك)
Diyala (ديالى)
Halabja (حلبجة)<li>Karbala (كربلاء)
<li>Kirkuk (کركوك)
<li>Muthanna (المثنى)
<li>Maysan (ميسان)
<li>Nineveh (نينوى)
<li>Najaf (نجف)
<li>Qadisiyah (قادسية)
<li>Saladin (صلاح الدين)
<li>Sulaymaniyah (السليمانية)
<li>Wasit (واسط)