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.