Kirkuk Governorate

Kirkuk Governorate or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern . The governorate has an area of 9,679 square kilometres. In 2017, the estimated population was 1,259,561 people.
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  • Type: State with 1,400,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Iraq
  • Also known as: Karkūk”, “Kirkuk”, “Kirkūk”, “Kirkuk Province”, “Liwā’ Karkūk”, “Liwā’ Kirkūk”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at Karkūk
  • Historically known as: At-Ta’mim”, “At-Ta’mim Governorate”, “Muḩāfaz̧at at Ta’mīm”, “Muhafazat Ta’mim”, and “Nationalization Province
  • Neighbors: and

Kirkuk Governorate

Latitude
35.2286° or 35° 13′ 43″ north
Longitude
44.096° or 44° 5′ 45″ east
Population
1,400,000
Elevation
225 metres (738 feet)
Open location code
8H7663HW+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13272059517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
98410
Wiki­data ID
Q193268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kirkuk Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: التأميم” (historical)
  • Arabic: كركوك
  • Arabic: محافظة التأميم” (historical)
  • Arabic: محافظة كركوك
  • Asturian: Gobernación de Kirkuk
  • Azerbaijani: Ət-Tə’mim
  • Azerbaijani: Kərkük mühafəzəsi
  • Basque: At Ta’mim probintzia
  • Basque: Kirkukeko probintzia
  • Belarusian: Кіркук
  • Bengali: আত-তামিম প্রদেশ
  • Bengali: কির্কুক গভর্নোরেট
  • Bengali: কির্কুক প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Ат Тамим
  • Bulgarian: Киркук
  • Catalan: Kirkuk
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at Kirkūk
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک
  • Central Kurdish: کەرکووک (پارێزگا)
  • Central Kurdish: کەرکووک
  • Chinese: Kirkuk Séng
  • Chinese: 基卻省
  • Chinese: 基尔库克省
  • Chinese: 基爾庫克省
  • Chinese: 塔米姆省
  • Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟ ܣܠܘܟ
  • Croatian: Guvernat Kirkuk
  • Czech: Guvernorát Kirkúk
  • Czech: Guvernorát Ta’mín
  • Czech: Kirkúk
  • Czech: Provincie Kirkúk
  • Czech: Provincie Ta’mín
  • Czech: Ta’mín
  • Danish: At Ta’mim
  • Danish: Kirkuk
  • Dutch: At-Ta’mim
  • Dutch: Kirkoek
  • Dutch: Kirkuk
  • Egyptian Arabic: كركوك
  • Esperanto: Gubernio Kirkuk
  • Estonian: At-Ta’mīm
  • Estonian: Kirkūki kubernerkond
  • Finnish: at-Ta’mim
  • Finnish: at-Tamim
  • Finnish: Kirkuk
  • Finnish: Kirkukin kuvernoraatti
  • Finnish: Kirkukin maakunta
  • French: Gouvernorat de Kirkouk
  • French: Kirkouk
  • French: Province de Kirkouk
  • Georgian: კირკუკის მუჰაფაზა
  • Georgian: ქირქუქის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: At Tamin
  • German: At-Ta’mim
  • German: Gouvernement Kirkuk
  • German: Kirkuk
  • German: Provinz at-Ta’mim
  • German: Provinz Kerkûk
  • German: Provinz Kirkuk
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Κιρκούκ
  • Gujarati: કિર્કુક ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: א-תאמים
  • Hebrew: אט‘ תמימ
  • Hebrew: כירכוכ
  • Hebrew: כרכוכ
  • Hebrew: מחוז א-תאמים
  • Hebrew: מחוז אט‘ תמימ
  • Hebrew: מחוז כירכוכ
  • Hindi: करकूक प्रान्त
  • Hindi: किर्कुक गवर्नरेट
  • Hungarian: Kirkuk kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Governorat at-ta’mim
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran At-Ta’mim
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Kirkuk
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Kirkuk
  • Interlingua: Governatorato de Kirkuk
  • Italian: Governatorato di Kirkuk
  • Japanese: キルクーク県
  • Japanese: タミーム県
  • Kannada: ಕಿರ್ಕ್ಕುಕ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 키르쿠크주
  • Korean: 타밈 주
  • Kurdish: Kerkûk
  • Kurdish: Parêzgeha Kerkûk
  • Kurdish: Parêzgeha Kerkûke
  • Kurdish: Parêzgeha Te’mîm
  • Kurdish: کەرکووک
  • Latvian: Kirkūkas muhāfaza
  • Latvian: Kirkuko muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Kirkuko gubernija
  • Malay: Pentadbiran At-Ta’mim
  • Malay: Pentadbiran Kirkuk
  • Marathi: किर्कुक गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Mazanderani: کرکوک اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kirkuk Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kirkuk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kirkuk guvernement
  • Norwegian: Kirkuk
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܟܪܟ ܣܠܘܟ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܟܪܟܘܟ
  • Persian: استان تأمیم
  • Persian: استان تامیم
  • Persian: استان کرکوک
  • Persian: استان گرمیان
  • Polish: At-Tamim
  • Polish: Kirkuk
  • Portuguese: Kirkuk
  • Portuguese: Província de Kirkuk
  • Portuguese: Quircuque
  • Russian: Киркук
  • Russian: Тамим
  • Russian: Эт-Тамим
  • Scots: Kirkuk Govrenorate
  • Scots: Kirkuk Province
  • Serbian: Киркук
  • Sinhala: කර්කක් පළාත
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Kirkuk
  • South Azerbaijani: کرکوک اوستانی
  • Spanish: At ta’mim
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Kirkuk
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Kirkuk
  • Spanish: Kirkuk
  • Spanish: Provincia de Kirkuk
  • Swedish: At Ta’mim
  • Swedish: At-Ta’mim
  • Swedish: At-Tamim
  • Swedish: Kirkuk
  • Tajik: Vilojati Tamim
  • Tajik: Вилояти Тамим
  • Tajik: Вилояти Тамӣм
  • Tamil: கிர்குக் மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: கிர்க்குக் கவர்னரேட்
  • Telugu: కిర్కుక్ గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการคีร์คูก
  • Turkish: Kerkük ili
  • Turkish: Kerkük
  • Turkmen: Kerkük Valiliği
  • Turkmen: Kerkük
  • Ukrainian: Кіркук
  • Urdu: محافظہ کرکوک
  • Uzbek: Kirkuk muhofazasi
  • Venetian: goernatorà de Kirkuk
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Kirkuk
  • Waray (Philippines): Kirkuk (gobernador)
  • Waray (Philippines): Kirkuk
  • Western Armenian: Քերքուք
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ کرکوک
  • Yue Chinese: 基卻省

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