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The Kirkuk Governorate received the Arab populated Zab District from the Mosul Governorate. [ 9 ] With the Arabization policies of the Ba'ath party , the number of Arabs in official censuses increased fivefold within 40 years, however the most reliable data indicative of the ethnic breakdown of the governorate are those of the 1957 census. [ 10 ]
The Kirkuk Provincial Council is the provincial council of the Kirkuk Governorate, based in Kirkuk, Iraq. History. Its inaugural session was dedicated to having the ...
North Oil Company (NOC) (Arabic: شركة نفط الشمال) is situated in Kirkuk, Iraq. The North Oil Company is one of the 16 companies comprising the Iraqi Ministry of Oil . Headquartered in Kirkuk, its boundaries extend from the northern borders to the 32.5 degree parallel, just south of Baghdad.
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]
Kirkuk (−1976) At-Ta'mim (1976–2006) Kirkuk Governorate: ... ISO 3166-2:IQ; List of Governorates of Iraq by Human Development Index; List of places in Iraq ...
Iraqi air defenses shot down a Turkish drone Thursday morning over the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi military officials said. Brig. Gen. Abdul Salam, deputy commander of air defense, told ...
The Arab districts were added to Kirkuk Governorate. Turkmen villages were added to Diyala and Salahuddin Governorates. [13] On June 12, 2014, all of Kirkuk Governorate was taken by Kurdish forces when Iraqi army withdrew following the success of the ISIL 2014 Northern Iraq offensive.
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