The Kurdistan Region () is an autonomous republic in Iraq.
The Kurdistan Region is part of Iraqi Kurdistan or South Kurdistan, itself part of Kurdistan. The government of the Kurdistan Region is the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Its capital is Erbil, called Hewlêr in Kurdish.
The Kurdistan Region is to the west of Iranian Kurdistan (in Iran). To the Kurdistan Region's west is Syrian Kurdistan (in Syria), and to the north is Turkish Kurdistan (in Turkey).
Geography
The area is 80,000 km² and 5,500,000 people live there. Iraqi Kurdistan is a mountain region, where the highest point is 3.611 metres, known as Cheekha Dar. The biggest lake is Dukan.
Iraqi Kurdistan is divided into 6 provinces.
Three of the provinces that are under control of Iraqi Kurdistan are:
1.As Sulaymaniyah (Silemanî)
2.Arbil (Hewlêr)
3.Dahuk (Duhok)
The provinces that are a part of Iraqi Kurdistan are:
4.Diyala (Diyale)
5.Kirkuk (Kerkûk)
6.Ninawa (Neynewa)
Demographics
The population in Iraqi Kurdistan is about 5-6 million. Most of these people are Sunni Muslims. There are also many Yazidis, Kakeyís and Christians. Kurds make the ethnic majority in the region while the Turkmen, Aramean, Assyrians, Armenians and Arabs make up the rest of the western part of the area.