Erbil Governorate

Erbil Province is in . Centered around , the capital and economic hub for autonomous region of Kurdistan Region and its province, the region has a population of 2,1 million.
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is the capital and largest city in , and the fourth-largest city in . 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.

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or Rawandiz is a city in . is multicultural hub of trade tucked away between tall mountains and deep river gorges.

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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.

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is a historic city and a hill station at the bottom of Safeen mountain in the Erbil Governorate in the of . The city is known for its waterfalls, trees, and greenery.

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is a district in Governorate Province, . 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

Latitude of center
36.4553° or 36° 27′ 19″ north
Longitude of center
44.326° or 44° 19′ 34″ east
Population
2,000,000
Elevation
713 metres (2,339 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13368183387
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
95445
Wiki­data ID
Q213189
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Erbil Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኤርቢል”
  • Arabic: “أربيل (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “أربيل”
  • 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”
  • Bengali: “এরবিল”
  • Bulgarian: “Арбил”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Erbil”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Arbīl”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ھەولێر”
  • Central Kurdish: “محافەزەی ھەولێر”
  • Chavacano: “هەولێر”
  • Chinese: “Erbil Séng”
  • Chinese: “埃尔比勒省”
  • Chinese: “埃爾比勒省”
  • Chinese: “艾比爾省”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܐܪܒܝܠ”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Erbil”
  • Czech: “Arbíl”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Arbíl”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Irbíl”
  • 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: “Gouvernement Erbil”
  • German: “Gouvernement Hewler”
  • 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”
  • Hausa: “Erbil”
  • Hebrew: “ארביל”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ארביל”
  • Hindi: “अरबील गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “अरबील प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Erbíl kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Erbíl”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “アルビル”
  • Javanese: “Erbil”
  • Kannada: “ಎರ್ಬಿಲ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Арбіль”
  • Kirghiz: “Эрбиль”
  • Korean: “아르빌주”
  • Kurdish: “Hewlêr (Parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Hewlêr”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Hewlêr”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Hewlêrê”
  • Kurdish: “هەولێر”
  • Latvian: “Erbīlas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Erbilo gubernija”
  • Macedonian: “Ербил”
  • Malay: “Erbil”
  • 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 ܐܪܒܝܠ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܐܪܒܠ”
  • Oromo: “Erbil”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਰਬੀਲ”
  • Persian: “اربیل”
  • Persian: “استان اربیل”
  • Polish: “Irbil”
  • Portuguese: “Arbil”
  • Portuguese: “Erbil”
  • Pushto: “اربیل”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Erbil”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اربیل اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Arbil”
  • Spanish: “Erbil”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Erbil”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Erbil”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Erbil”
  • Swahili: “Erbil”
  • Swedish: “Arbil”
  • Swedish: “Erbil”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Arbel”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Арбел”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Арбил”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Арбӣл”
  • Tajik: “Эрбил”
  • Tamil: “அர்பில் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “எர்பில் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Эрбил”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్బిల్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัรบีล”
  • Turkish: “Erbil ili”
  • Turkish: “Erbil”
  • Ukrainian: “Ербіль”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ اربیل”
  • Uzbek: “Arbil muhofazasi”
  • Uzbek: “Erbil”
  • 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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