Erbil Province (Mesîf)

Iraq / Irbil / Rawanduz / Mesîf
 first-level administrative division, draw only border, governorate (administrative division)

Erbil Governorate (Kurdish: Parêzgeha Hewlêr - پارێزگای ھەولێر , Arabic: محافظة أربيل‎) is a governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. It derives its name from the city of Erbil (Kurdish: Hewler), which is also its capital.

Erbil Governorate covers an area of 15,074 square kilometres (5,820 sq mi) in the north of Iraq, with an estimated population (in 2011) of 2,000,000 people. It is largely populated by Kurds but has minority populations of Assyrians, Arabs, and Turkmens,

The Governorates districts are Mergasur, Soran, Choman, Rawanduz, Shaqlawa, Koye, Khabat, Erbil, Dashti Hawler, and Makhmur.

The Governorate's border is, to the West, Dohuk Governorate, in the Shamdinan and Great Zab rivers. To the South, the border is the Tigris river. To the East, the Little Zab river,close to Dukan lake and city, and to the North, the Qandil mountains in the border with
Hakkari province of Turkey and West Azaerbaijan province of Iran.

Ethnicgraphic map of Erbil province: umap.openstreetmap.fr/nl/map/erbil-province-_96691#11/3...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   36°22'36"N   44°12'44"E

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