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.

Aliases (1)

Northern Iraq ×56

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 Region →
hasClimate	continental → semi-arid →
hasCulturalRegion	Kurdistan →
hasDeFactoCapital	Erbil →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → cross-border trade → oil production →
hasEthnicGroup	Arabs → Assyrians → Turkmen → Yazidis →
hasEthnicMajority	Kurds →
hasLanguage	Arabic → Syriac → Turkmen →
hasMinorityRegion	Nineveh Plains → Sinjar →
hasMountainRange	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 River →
hasSecurityForce	Peshmerga →
hasTerrain	mountainous →
locatedIn	Middle East → Western Asia →
partOf	Iraqi Kurdistan →
wasConflictZoneIn	Iraq War → Iraqi Civil War against ISIL →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ashur → Erbil → Hatra → Kingdom of Kurdistan ("Northern Iraq") →	locatedIn
Al-Awja → Mosul →	locatedInRegion
Kurmanji ("Northern Iraq") → Operation Okra ("Northern Iraq") →	region
Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement →	airspaceRestricted
East Syriac script ("Northern Iraq") →	associatedWithRegion
Kurdish–Turkish conflict ("Northern Iraq") →	location
Kurds →	nativeRegion
Yazidism ("Northern Iraq") →	primaryRegions
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ("Northern Iraq") →	spokenIn