Daquq District (KRG)
Iraq /
Salahh-ad-Din /
Tuz Khurmatu /
World
/ Iraq
/ Salahh-ad-Din
/ Tuz Khurmatu
, 28 km from center (طوزخورماتو)
district, draw only border, third-level administrative division, territorial dispute
Daquq District is a district in eastern Kirkuk Governorate, northern Iraq. Administrative center is the city of Daquq.
The district is under de-facto KRG control and has Kurdish majority, with Turkmen and Arab minorities. Kurdish parties have receive more than 50% of the votes in the 2010 Provincial elections.
Daquq’s status as a district in Kirkuk also dates to the 1930s. Subsequently, it was downgraded to a subdistrict in Tuz district in 1952, transferred to Salah ad-Din governorate along with Tuz in 1976 (Republican Decree no. 41 of 1976), quickly restored to Kirkuk governorate as part of Kirkuk district (Republican Decree no. 256 of 1976), and re-elevated to district status in 1989 (Republican Decree no. 434 of 1989).
As a mixed area, Daquq was subject to the Arabization policies of the previous regime. District residents described land expropriation, employment restrictions, the settlement of Arab tribes, pressure to undertake so-called nationality correction, and the destruction of nine to ten Kurdish villages to UNAMI. It was, however, largely spared of the Anfal operations.
Under RCCD no. 824 of 1976, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform expropriated 38,418 donums in Daquq. The Kirkuk Office of the Article 140 Committee reported to UNAMI that after 2003 it cancelled 2,851 agricultural contracts in Daquq Center, a high number for a single subdistrict.
The district is under de-facto KRG control and has Kurdish majority, with Turkmen and Arab minorities. Kurdish parties have receive more than 50% of the votes in the 2010 Provincial elections.
Daquq’s status as a district in Kirkuk also dates to the 1930s. Subsequently, it was downgraded to a subdistrict in Tuz district in 1952, transferred to Salah ad-Din governorate along with Tuz in 1976 (Republican Decree no. 41 of 1976), quickly restored to Kirkuk governorate as part of Kirkuk district (Republican Decree no. 256 of 1976), and re-elevated to district status in 1989 (Republican Decree no. 434 of 1989).
As a mixed area, Daquq was subject to the Arabization policies of the previous regime. District residents described land expropriation, employment restrictions, the settlement of Arab tribes, pressure to undertake so-called nationality correction, and the destruction of nine to ten Kurdish villages to UNAMI. It was, however, largely spared of the Anfal operations.
Under RCCD no. 824 of 1976, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform expropriated 38,418 donums in Daquq. The Kirkuk Office of the Article 140 Committee reported to UNAMI that after 2003 it cancelled 2,851 agricultural contracts in Daquq Center, a high number for a single subdistrict.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daquq_District
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Coordinates: 35°3'4"N 44°25'10"E
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- Tikrit District (ICR) 117 km
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- Al-Shirqat District 156 km
- Baiji District (ICR) 180 km
- Qandil District 182 km
- Hesîçe/Hasakah Area (DFNS) 442 km
- Daquq trenchline 5.9 km
- Komallga 7.7 km
- trenchline 14 km
- Shay Valley / وادي شاي 15 km
- Mount Tawuk 16 km
- Al-Kour Valley / وادي الكور 17 km
- Shabijah River 19 km
- Khasah River / نهر الخصة 21 km
- Taza Subdistrict 29 km
- Kirkuk Province 38 km
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