Kurdistan

    Kurdistan

    Kurdistan

    State
    Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria
    Area
    450.000 km2
    Population
    30.000.000 - 35.000.000 inhabitants
    Languages
    Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, Aramaic, Armenian, Turkmen
    Official languages
    Kurdish and Arabic (in Iraq); Kurdish and Arabic (in Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) (in Syria); Kurdish is not official in other states

    Native language speakers
    60%-80%
    Main cities
    Mosul (Müsil), Kirkuk (Kerkûk), Diyarbakir (Amed), Erbil (Hewlêr), Kermanshah (Kirmansan), Mahabad (Mehabad), Qamishli (Qamislo)
    Native political institutions
    Kurdish Government (in Iraq); Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) (in Syria) (not been officially recognized by the Syrian government or internationally); there is not any Kurdish Government in other states
    Main religious culture
    Sunni Islamists
    National bank holiday
    Newroz (21 March)
    Main nationalist parties
    PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN (Iraq), KURDISTAN WORKER'S PARTY (PKK, Turkey), KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Iraq), KURDISTAN FREEDOM PARTY (PAK – Iran), DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY (PYD, Syria)

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