Erbil Governorate
Erbil Province is in Iraqi Kurdistan. Centered around Erbil, the capital and economic hub for autonomous region of Kurdistan Region and its province, the region has a population of 2,1 million.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Erbil and Rawanduz.
Erbil
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Erbil is the capital and largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the fourth-largest city in Iraq. It is one of the oldest continually-inhabited sites of human civilization, and is also a rapidly-growing and urbanizing center for the oil industry and NGOs in the Middle East.
Rawanduz
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Rawanduz or Rawandiz is a city in Northern Iraq. Rawanduz is multicultural hub of trade tucked away between tall mountains and deep river gorges.
Koya
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Koya or Koye, also known as Koy Sanjaq or Koysinjaq, surrounded by the Bawaji and Haibat Sultan mountains, is known as one of the most beautiful regions of Kurdistan.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Shaqlawa and Choman.
Shaqlawa
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Shaqlawa is a historic city and a hill station at the bottom of Safeen mountain in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is known for its waterfalls, trees, and greenery.
Choman
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Choman is a district in Erbil Governorate Province, Iraqi Kurdistan. it is located 45 km east of Soran. The area is an important agricultural and cattle breeding region located in the district of the Hallgurd-Sakran Mountain chain.
Erbil Governorate
- Type: governorate of Iraq with 2,000,000 residents
- Description: governorate in Iraq
- Also known as: “Arbīl”, “Arbil Governorate”, “Erbil Province”, “Hawler”, “Hawler Province”, “Irbīl”, “Liwā’ Irbīl”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at Irbīl”
- Neighbors: Dohuk Governorate and Sulemania Governorate
- Location: Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Erbil Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أربيل (محافظة)”
- Arabic: “إربل”
- Arabic: “محافظة أربيل”
- Arabic: “محافظة إربل”
- Arabic: “محافظة اربيل”
- Armenian: “Էրբիլ”
- Azerbaijani: “Ərbil mühafəzəsi”
- Basque: “Arbil probintzia”
- Basque: “Erbil probintzia”
- Belarusian: “Эрбіль”
- Bengali: “আর্বিল গভর্নোরেট”
- Bengali: “আর্বিল প্রদেশ”
- Bulgarian: “Арбил”
- Catalan: “Governació d’Erbil”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Arbīl”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ھەولێر”
- Central Kurdish: “محافەزەی ھەولێر”
- Chinese: “Erbil Séng”
- Chinese: “埃尔比勒省”
- Chinese: “埃爾比勒省”
- Chinese: “艾比爾省”
- Czech: “Arbíl”
- Czech: “Guvernorát Arbíl”
- Czech: “Irbíl”
- Czech: “Provincie Arbíl”
- Danish: “Arbil”
- Danish: “Erbil”
- Danish: “Irbil”
- Dutch: “Arbil”
- Dutch: “Erbil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اربيل”
- Esperanto: “Arbil”
- Esperanto: “gubernio Arbil”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Arbil”
- Estonian: “Arbīli kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Erbil”
- French: “Arbil”
- French: “Erbil”
- Georgian: “ერბილის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Arbil”
- German: “Erbil”
- German: “IQ-AR”
- German: “Provinz Arbil”
- German: “Provinz Erbil”
- German: “Provinz Hewler”
- German: “Provinz Hewlêr”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Αρμπίλ”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Ερμπίλ”
- Gujarati: “એર્બિલ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “ארביל”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ארביל”
- Hindi: “अरबील गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “अरबील प्रान्त”
- Hungarian: “Erbíl kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Governorat arbil”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Arbil”
- Interlingua: “Governatorato de Erbil”
- Italian: “governatorato di Arbil”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Arbil”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Erbil”
- Italian: “Provincia di Arbil”
- Japanese: “アルビール県”
- Kannada: “ಎರ್ಬಿಲ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “아르빌주”
- Kurdish: “Hewlêr (Parêzgeh)”
- Kurdish: “Hewlêr”
- Kurdish: “Parêzga-î Hewlêr”
- Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Hewlêr”
- Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Hewlêrê”
- Kurdish: “پارێزگاى هەولێر”
- Kurdish: “حەولێر”
- Kurdish: “هەولێر”
- Latvian: “Erbīlas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Erbilo gubernija”
- Macedonian: “Ербил”
- Malay: “Pentadbiran Arbil”
- Marathi: “अर्बिल प्रांत”
- Mazanderani: “اربیل اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Erbil Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arbil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erbil guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Arbil”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܪܒܝܠ”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܪܒܠ”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܐܪܒܠ”
- Persian: “استان اربیل”
- Polish: “Irbil”
- Portuguese: “Arbil”
- Romanian: “Arbil”
- Russian: “Эрбиль”
- Scots: “Arbil Govrenorate”
- Scots: “Arbil Province”
- Serbian: “Гувернорат Ербил”
- Serbian: “Ербил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guvernorat Erbil”
- Sinhala: “එර්බිල් පළාත”
- Slovak: “Arbíl”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Erbil”
- South Azerbaijani: “اربیل اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Arbil”
- Spanish: “Erbil”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Erbil”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Erbil”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Erbil”
- Swedish: “Arbil”
- Swedish: “Erbil”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Arbel”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Арбел”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Арбил”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Арбӣл”
- Tamil: “அர்பில் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “எர்பில் மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “ఎర్బిల్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัรบีล”
- Turkish: “Erbil ili”
- Turkish: “Erbil”
- Ukrainian: “Ербіль”
- Urdu: “محافظہ اربیل”
- Uzbek: “Arbil muhofazasi”
- Venetian: “goernatorà de Arbil”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Erbil”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arbil (gobernador)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arbil”
- Welsh: “Arbil”
- Western Armenian: “Էրպիլ”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اربیل”
- Wu Chinese: “埃尔比勒省”
- Yue Chinese: “艾比爾省”
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