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Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: پارێزگای دھۆک, Parêzgeha Dihok, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra, [3] Arabic: محافظة دهوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Dohūk) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its capital is the city of Duhok.
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
The city of Duhok received its name from the Kurdish word ’du’ (two) and ’hok’ (lump) as a tax payment of two lumps from the basket of each passing caravan that often carry wheat and barley. [8] According to a tradition presented by Sasson Nahum, Dohuk was initially named Dohuk-e Dasinya, signifying "Dohuk of the Yezidis".
Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja and Duhok, constitute the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. Baghdad (which is the most populous) and Basra are the oldest governorates. The second most-populous one, Ninawa (or Nineveh) is in the upland region and has a cooler climate of the north-west.
16.1 Dohuk Governorate. ... Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts ... humanitarianinfo district map; humanitarianinfo governorate map
Simele District (Kurdish: قەزای سێمێل, romanized: Qezaya Sêmêl, Arabic: قضاء سميل, romanized: qaḍāʾ Sumail) is a district of Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative centre is Simele.
Zakho, also spelled Zaxo (Kurdish: زاخۆ, romanized: Zaxo or Zaco, [1] [2] Syriac: ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ, romanized: Zākhō, [3] Armenian: Զախո, [4] Arabic: زاخو, [5] Lishanid Noshan: זאכו, romanized: Zāxo [6]) is a city in the Kurdistan Region, at the centre of the Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing.
Deraluk (Arabic: ديرلوك, [2] Kurdish: دێرەلووک, romanized: Dêrelûk, [3] Syriac: Deira d-Luqa) [4] is a town and subdistrict in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located on the Great Zab and in the district of Amadiya. In the town, there are churches of Mar Khnana and Mar Gewargis. [5] [4]