northern Iraq

E40076

geographic region

Northern Iraq is a predominantly Kurdish-inhabited region that forms part of Iraqi Kurdistan, known for its distinct ethnic identity, semi-autonomous governance, and mountainous terrain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
northern Iraq canonical	34
Northern Iraq	20
Iraqi Kurdistan (partly)	1
northwestern Iraq	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ
bordersCountry	Iran ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
containsCity	Duhok ⓘ Erbil ⓘ Kirkuk ⓘ Mosul ⓘ Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
governedInPartBy	Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
hasAutonomousRegion	Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Region
hasClimate	continental ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion	Kurdistan ⓘ
hasDeFactoCapital	Erbil ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cross-border trade ⓘ oil production ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ surface form: Turkmen Yazidis ⓘ
hasEthnicMajority	Kurds ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Iraqi Turkmen ⓘ surface form: Turkmen
hasMinorityRegion	Nineveh Plains ⓘ Sinjar ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Zagros Mountains ⓘ surface form: Taurus Mountains Zagros Mountains ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	crude oil ⓘ natural gas ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus	semi-autonomous ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ Yazidism ⓘ
hasRiver	Greater Zab ⓘ Lesser Zab ⓘ Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
hasSecurityForce	Kurdish Peshmerga ⓘ surface form: Peshmerga
hasTerrain	mountainous ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
partOf	Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
wasConflictZoneIn	Iraq War ⓘ Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Civil War against ISIL

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurds → nativeRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement → airspaceRestricted → northern Iraq ⓘ

Operation Okra → region → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Hatra → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Kurmanji → region → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Yazidism → primaryRegions → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Kurdish–Turkish conflict → location → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Ashur → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Kingdom of Kurdistan → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

East Syriac script → associatedWithRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Al-Awja → locatedInRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

Mosul → locatedInRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

Erbil → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Zengid dynasty → region → northern Iraq ⓘ

Adhaim River → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

central Iraq → bordersRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

Nineveh Governorate → partOfRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan (partly)

Eastern Aramaic → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) → theater → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Al-Jazira region → partlyIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Behdini → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Bajelani language → region → northern Iraq ⓘ

Kirkuk dialect → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Yazidis → nativeRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Nineveh Plains → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Shekhan district → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Lalish → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Lalish temple complex → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → regionOfActivity → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Syriacs → historicalRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

People’s Defence Forces (HPG) → operationalArea → northern Iraq ⓘ

subject surface form: People’s Defence Forces

Qalʿat Sherqat → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

U.S. Consulate General Erbil → regionServed → northern Iraq ⓘ

Duhok → locatedInRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Sureth → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Simele → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Assyrian question → geographicFocus → northern Iraq ⓘ

Barwar dialect → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Barwar dialect → geographicDistribution → northern Iraq ⓘ

Alqosh dialect → spokenIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Anfal genocide → location → northern Iraq ⓘ

Altun Kupri → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Tuz Khurmatu → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Iraqi Turkmen Front → region → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Turkmeneli Party → regionActive → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Iraq

Turkmeneli → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ

Tal Afar → locatedInRegion → northern Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Iraq

University of Mosul → regionServed → northern Iraq ⓘ

Mosul International Airport → locatedIn → northern Iraq ⓘ