Governorates

Iraq is divided into eighteen governorates (or provinces) (Arabic: muhafadhat, singular - muhafadhah), which are subdivided into qadhas (or districts).

Each of the 102 districts is enclosed fully within one of the 18 governorates as shown in the list below (governorate capitals are noted in brackets).

Anbar Governorate (Ar Ramadi)

Abu Ghraib
Al-Ka'im
Al-Rutba
Ana
Falluja
Haditha
Heet eet
Kadhimiya
Ramadi

Babil Governorate (Al Hillah)

Al-Mada'in
Al-Mahawil
Al-Musayab
Hashimiya
Hilla
Mahmudiya

Baghdad Governorate (Baghdad)

Adhamiya

Basrah Governorate (Basrah)

Abu Al-Khaseeb
Al-Midaina
Al-Qurna
Al-Zubair
Basrah
al-Faw
Shatt Al-Arab

Dahuk Governorate (Dahuk)

The Dahuk province is under direct control of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Amedi
Dahuk
Sumel
Zakho

Diyala Governorate (Ba'qubah)

Al-Khalis
Al-Muqdadiya
Baladrooz
Ba'quba
Khanaqin
Kifri

Erbil Governorate (Erbil/Irbil)

Choman
Erbil
Koisnjaq
Makhmur
Mergasur
Shaqlawa
Soran

Karbala Governorate (Karbala)

Ain Al-Tamur
Al-Hindiya
Kerbala

Missan Governorate (Al 'Amarah)

Ali Al-Gharbi
Al-Kahla
Al-Maimouna
Al-Mejar Al-Kabi
Amara
Qal'at Saleh

Muthanna Governorate (As Samawah)

Al-Khidhir
Al-Rumaitha
Al-Salman
Al-Samawa

Najaf Governorate (An Najaf)

Al-Manathera
Kufa
Najaf

Ninewah Governorate (Mosul)

Akre and Shekan are currently under the Kurdistan Regional Government control, and Mosul has no control over these two districts.

Akre
Al-Ba'aj
Al-Hamdaniya
Al-Shikhan
Hatra
Mosul
Shekhan
Sinjar
Telafar
Tilkaif

Qadissiya Governorate (Ad Diwaniyah)

Afaq
Al-Shamiya
Diwaniya
Hamza

Salah al-Din Governorate (Samarra)

Al-Daur
Al-Faris
Al-Shirqat
Baiji
Balad
Samarra
Tikrit
Tooz

Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Sulaymaniyah)

Chamchamal
Darbandokeh
Dokan
Halabja
Kalar
Penjwin
Pshdar
Rania
Sharbazher
Sulaymaniya

Taamim Governorate (Kirkuk)

Al-Hawiga
Daquq
Kirkuk
Makhmur

Thi-Qar Governorate (An Nasiriyah)

Al-Chibayish
Al-Rifa'i
Al-Shatra
Nassriya
Suq Al-Shoyokh

Wassit Governorate (Al Kut)

Al-Hai
Al-Na'maniya
Al-Suwaira
Badra
Kut

The new constitution of Iraq provides for regions to be created by combining one or more governorates. There is currently only one Region in existence - Iraqi Kurdistan - and there are proposals for one or more further regions to be created in the south.