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Governorate Postal code ISO 3166-2:IQ code Total area [mi2] Total area [km2] Population (1 July 2018) Capital Status Ended in year Now part of column10
Al-Anbar 31 AN 53476 138501 1771656 Ramadi active
Babil 51 BB 1976 5603 2065042 Hillah active
Baghdad 10 BG 204.2 529 8126755 Baghdad active
Basra 61 BA 7360 19070 2908491 Basra active
Dhi Qar 64 DQ 5000 12900 2095172 Nasiriyah active
Al-Qādisiyyah 58 QA 3148 8153 1291048 Al Diwaniyah active
Diyala 32 DI 6828 17685 1637226 Baqubah active
Duhok (Dahūk) (IKR) a.k.a. Dihok 42 DA 2530 6553 1292535 Dihok active
Erbil (IKR) a.k.a. Hewlêr 44 AR 5820 15074 1854778 Hewlêr active
Karbala 56 KA 1944 5034 1218732 Karbala active
Kirkuk 36 KI 3737 9679 1597876 Kerkûk active
Maysan 62 MA 6205 16072 1112673 Amarah active
Muthanna 66 MU 19980 51740 814371 Samawah active
Najaf 54 NA 11129 28824 1471592 Najaf active
Ninawa 41 NI 14410 37323 3729998 Mosul active
Salah Al-Din 34 SD 9556 24751 1595235 Tikrit active
Sulaymaniyah (IKR) (With Halabja) a.k.a. Silêmanî 46 SU 6573 17023 2053305 Silêmanî active
Wasit 52 WA 6623 17153 1378723 Kut active
Mosul former Ninawa Governorate Duhok Governorate
Diwaniya former Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate Muthanna Governorate Najaf Governorate
Dulaim former 1962 Al Anbar Governorate
Ramadi former 1976 Al Anbar Governorate
Muntafiq former 1976 Dhi Qar Governorate
Amara former 1976 Maysan Governorate
Kut former 1976 Wasit Governorate
Baghdad former Baghdad Governorate
Kirkuk former 1976 Kirkuk Governorate
At-Ta'mim former 2006 Kirkuk Governorate
Kuwait Governorate (Military occupation between 1990 and 1991) former 1991 State of Kuwait