Dohuk Province

Dohuk ([دهوك Dahūk] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Kurdish: Dihok‎) is ane o the 18 provinces o Iraq. It is in the north o the kintra in the autonomous region o Iraqi Kurdistan. Its caipital is the ceety o Dohuk. It an aa includes the ceety o Zakho, which haes at various times served as a checkpoint for the border wi Turkey. Prior tae 1976 it wis pairt o Ninawa Province, which wis cried Mosul Province.

Dohuk Province دهوك / Dihok Duhok Govrenorate
Province
Destricts an sub destricts.
Coordinates: 37°3′N 43°9′E
Kintra	Iraq
Region	Iraqi Kurdistan
Caipital	Dohuk
Area
• Total	6553 km2 (2,530 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	958,201

Provincial Cooncil (PC)

• Govrenor: Tamar Fattah Ramadhan Kuchar
• Deputy Govrenor: Gurgis Shlaymun
• Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Fadhil Omer^[1]

• 41 total seats
• 33 seats for the Kurdistan Democratic Pairty (KDP)
• 4 seats for the Patriotic Union o Kurdistan (PUK)
• 4 seats for the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)^[2]

Destricts

Duhok wis dividit intae fower Destricts an haes nou 7 destricts:^[3]

• Amadiya Destrict
• Dahuk Destrict
• Sumel Destrict
• Zakho Destrict

Settlements

• Araden
• Avzrog
• Badarash
• Bebadeyy
• Dehi
• Dawodiya
• Dohuk
• Gir-e Kumar
• Harmash
• Hezany
• Sarsink
• Sumail
• Zawita