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Kurdistan
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Kurdistan ((listen) (help·info) "Laund o the Kurds";[1] an aa umwhile spelled Curdistan;[2][3] auncient name: Corduene[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]) is a roughly defined geo-cultural region whaurin the Kurdish fowk furm a prominent majority population,[11] an Kurdish cultur, leid, an naitional identity hae historically been based.[12]
Contemporary uise o Kurdistan refers tae lairge pairts o eastren Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northren Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwastren Iran (Iranian Kurdistan) an northeastren Sirie (Wastren Kurdistan) inhabitit mainly bi Kurds.[13] Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwastren Zagros an the eastren Taurus muntain ranges,[14] an covers smaa portions o Armenie.
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