Districts of Iraq

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Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (kaza).

The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.

Districts of Iraq اقضية العراق (Arabic)
Category	Federation
Location	Republic of Iraq
Number	120
Populations	≈2,000 (Byara)-Halabja Governorate – 356,718 (Fallujah)-Al Anbar Governorate
Government	District government
Subdivisions	Subdistricts

The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses):

• Al-Qa'im District (Al-Qa'im)
• Ar-Rutba District (Ar-Rutba)
• Anah District (Anah)
• Fallujah District (Fallujah)
• Haditha District (Haditha)
• Hīt District (Hīt)
• Ramadi District (Ramadi)
• Rawah District (Rawah)

• Al-Khidhir District (Al-Khidhir)
• Al-Rumaitha District (Al-Rumaitha)
• Al-Salman District (Al-Salman)
• Al-Samawa District (Samawa)

• Afaq District (Afaq)
• Al-Shamiya District (Al-Shamiya)
• Diwaniya District (Diwaniya)
• Hamza District (Hamza)

• Al-Mahawil District (Al-Mahawil)
• Al-Musayab District (Al-Musayab)
• Hashimiya District (Hashimiya)
• Hilla District (Hilla)

• Administrative Districts in Baghdad City
  • Rusafa
  • Adhamiyah
  • Sadr City (formerly Thawra District (Revolution District)
  • 9 Nissan (New Baghdad)
  • Karadah
  • Al-Za'franiya
  • Karkh
  • Kadhimyah
  • Mansour
  • Al Rashid
• Administrative Districts in Baghdad Suburban
  • Abu Ghraib District
  • Al Istiqlal District
  • Al-Mada'in District
  • Mahmudiya District (Mahmudiya)
  • Taji District
  • Al Tarmia District

• Abu Al-Khaseeb District (Abu Al-Khaseeb)
• Al-Midaina District (Al-Midaina)
• Al-Qurna District (Al-Qurna)
• Al-Zubair District (Al-Zubair)
• Basrah District (Basrah)
• al-Faw District (al-Faw)

• Al-Chibayish District (Al-Chibayish)
• Al-Rifa'i District (Al-Rifa'i)
• Al-Shatra District (Al-Shatra)
• Nassriya District (Nassriya)
• Suq Al-Shoyokh District (Suq Al-Shoyokh)

• Al-Khalis District (Al-Khalis)
• Al-Muqdadiya District (Al-Muqdadiya)
• Baladrooz District (Baladrooz)
• Ba'quba District (Ba'quba)
• Khanaqin District (Khanaqin)
• Kifri District (Kifri)

• Ain Al-Tamur District (Ayn al-Tamr)
• Al-Hindiya District (Al-Hindiya)
• Kerbala District (Kerbala)

(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim)

• Al-Hawiga District (Al-Hawiga)
• Daquq District (Daquq)
• Kirkuk District (Kirkuk)
• Al-Dibs District (Al-Dibs)

• Ali Al-Gharbi District (Ali Al-Gharbi)
• Al-Kahla District (Al-Kahla)
• Al-Maimouna District (Al-Maimouna)
• Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District (Al-Mejar Al-Kabi)
• Amara District (Amarah)
• Qal'at Saleh District (Qal'at Saleh)

• Al-Manathera District (Al-Manathera)
• Kufa District (Kufa)
• Najaf District (Najaf)
• Najaf Abu Sakhir (Abu Sakhir)

Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's de facto control.

• Akre District (Akre)
• Al-Ba'aj District (Al-Ba'aj)
• Al-Hamdaniya District (Bakhdida)
• Hatra District (Hatra)
• Mosul District (Mosul)
• Shekhan District (Ain Sifni)
• Sinjar District (Sinjar)
• Tel Afar District (Tal Afar)
• Tel Keppe District (Tel Keppe)

• Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)
• Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)
• Baiji District (Baiji)
• Balad District (Balad)
• Samarra District (Samarra)
• Tikrit District (Tikrit)
• Tooz District (Tuz Khurmatu)
• Dujail District (Dujail)

• Al-Aziziyah District (Al-Aziziyah)
• Al-Hai District (Al-Hai)
• Al-Na'maniya District (Al-Na'maniya)
• Al-Suwaira District (Al-Suwaira)
• Badra District (Badra)
• Kut District (Kut)

Dohuk Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

• Amadiya District (Amadiya)
• Dahuk District (Dahuk)
• Sumel District (Sumel)
• Zakho District (Zakho)

Erbil Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan, while the status of the southern Makhmur District is contested.

• Erbil District (71)
• Koisanjaq District (80)
• Shaqlawa District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer
• Soran District (94), cities are Town of Soran, Rawanduz and Diana
• Makhmur District
• Mergasur District (83)
• Choman District (66)
• Ankawa District

Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan.

• Pshdar District (Qaladiza)
• Chamchamal District (Chamchamal)
• Darbandokeh District (Darbandikhan)
• Dokan District (Dokan)
• Kalar District (Kalar)
• Rania District (Rania)
• Sharbazher District (Sharbazher)
• Sulaymaniya District (Sulaymaniya)
• Saidsadiq District (Saidsadiq)
• Sharazoor District (Zarayan)
• Penjwin District (Penjwin)
• Mawat District (Mawat)
• Qaradagh District (Qaradagh)

Halabja Governorate is part of Iraqi Kurdistan and still officially a part of Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

• Halabja
• Sirwan
• Khurmal District (Khurmal)
• Byara District (Byara)

• Governorates of Iraq

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