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Baghdad [note 1] (Arabic: بغداد, Baghdād) is the capital and largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab World and forms 22% of the country's population.
Kurdistan Region (KRI) [c] is a semi-autonomous federal region [d] of the Republic of Iraq. [13] [14] It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Duhok Governorate, and Halabja Governorate.
It was recognized as an official governorate of the Kurdistan Region in 2014, [3] [2] and the Council of Ministers approved a bill twice in 2013, [4] [5] and 2023. [6] However, the only legislature in Iraq that can implement new governorates is the Council of Representatives of Iraq , which has had delayed hearings regarding Halabja numerous times.
In September, the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum was held regarding Kurdish independence from Iraq. 92% of Iraqi Kurds participating in the referendum voted in favor of independence. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The referendum was regarded as illegal by the federal government in Baghdad , and on 6 November, Iraq's Supreme Federal Court ruled that ...
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), [5] or Greater Kurdistan, [6] [7] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population [8] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. [9]
Erdogan, whose last visit to Baghdad was in 2011, when he was prime minister, met with Iraqi P Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited visit of Turkey's Erdogan to Iraq ...
See Brazil–Iraq relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 December 1967. [160] Brazil was the first Latin American country to reopen its embassy in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War. [161] Both countries are full members of the Group of 77. Brazil has an embassy in Baghdad. Iraq has an embassy in Brasília. Canada: 27 June 1961
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