Duhok Governorate

Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: ,پارێزگای دھۆک Parêzgeha Dihokê‎, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ‎, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra, Arabic: محافظة دهوك‎, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Dahūk) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its capital is the city of Duhok. It includes Zakho, near the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Şırnak Province, Turkey. It borders the Al-Hasakah Governorate of Syria. Before 1969, it was part of Nineveh Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Duhok Governorate is inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians and Yazidi Kurds. The estimated population in 2018 was 1,292,535.

Duhok Governorate

Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: ,پارێزگای دھۆک Parêzgeha Dihokê‎, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ‎, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra, Arabic: محافظة دهوك‎, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Dahūk) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its capital is the city of Duhok. It includes Zakho, near the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Şırnak Province, Turkey. It borders the Al-Hasakah Governorate of Syria. Before 1969, it was part of Nineveh Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Duhok Governorate is inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians and Yazidi Kurds. The estimated population in 2018 was 1,292,535.