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Kirkuk is located in a disputed area of Iraq that runs from Sinjar on the Syrian border southeast to Khanaqin and Mandali on the Iranian border. [43] Kirkuk has been a disputed territory for around eighty years — Kurds wanted Kirkuk to become part of the Kurdistan Region, which has been opposed by the region's Arab and Turkmen populations. [44]
The provincial capital is the city of Kirkuk. It is divided into four districts. The province was named Kirkuk Governorate until 1976, when it was named At-Ta'mim Governorate, meaning "nationalization", referring to the national ownership of the regional oil and natural gas reserves. In 2006, the name "Kirkuk Governorate" was restored ...
Districts of Kirkuk Governorate. Kirkuk Governorate is defined by its pre-1968 borders, including Chamchamal and Kalar districts of Sulaymaniyah Governorate and Tooz District of Salah ad Din and Kifri District of Diyala. Kirkuk province borders were altered, the Kurdish-dominated districts were added to Erbil and Sulamaniya Governorates.
Kirkuk District (Arabic: قضاء كركوك, Kurdish: قەزای کەرکووک, Turkish: Kerkük ilçesi) [1] is a district in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Kirkuk. The District is bordered by all 3 Districts: Dibis,Daquq and Hawija. Recently, the border have shifted to give Rashad subdistrict to Kirkuk.
The Arabization of Kirkuk (Kurdish: بەعەرەبکردنی کەرکووک, [4] Turkish: Kerkük'ün Araplaşması) began in Ba'athist Iraq in the 1960s. In line with the wider Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq, the Iraqi government worked to alter the demographic composition of the Kirkuk Governorate by ethnically cleansing non-Arabs—mainly Kurds, but also Turkmen and ...
The List wants Kirkuk to be part of the Kurdish region, and they are against Turkey's interference in Turkmen affairs. 71: Independent Turkment List: This list is headed by Kanhan Shakir Aziz; the list says Turkmen are the majority in Kirkuk and that it should be an independent region. 72: Turkmen Rerform List: Movement of the Independent Turkmen
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
The Kirkuk status referendum was the Kirkuk part of a planned plebiscite to decide whether the disputed territories of Northern Iraq should become part of the Kurdistan Region. The referendum was initially planned for 15 November 2007, [ 1 ] but was repeatedly delayed [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and ultimately never took place.