Dohuk Governorate
3743Coordinates: 37° 0′ N, 43° 0′ E
Dahuk (Arabic دهوك, DMG Dahūk, Kurdish دھۆک Dihok) is a governorate of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in Iraq. Its capital is Dohuk. The governorate was part of the Mosul (Ninawa) Governorate from the establishment of Iraq until 1966.
During the second Gulf War in 1991, the city was occupied by the Iraqi army, forcing most Kurds to temporarily flee to the Turkish border. Nowadays, the governorate is almost completely rebuilt. The currently only open border crossing with Turkey is also located in this governorate, so there is a lot of border traffic here. Dahuk used to belong to the Kurdish principality of Badinan from about 1236 to 1841. The Kurds speak the Kurmanji dialect.
In 2017, the population of the governorate was 1,511,585. Due to the Syrian civil war since 2011 and the Iraqi crisis in 2014, the population of the governorate rose sharply as a result of refugees.
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The governorate consists of the districts:
- Amediye
- Dohuk
- Semile
- Zaxo
On 15 October 2005, 99.13% of 389,198 voters voted in favour of the new constitution.
