Kurdistan

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cultural region geo-cultural region historical region

Kurdistan is a geo-cultural region in the Middle East spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, traditionally inhabited by the Kurdish people and known for its distinct language, culture, and ongoing autonomy and independence movements.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Iraqi Kurdistan 7
Kurdistan Region 4
Kurdistan region 3

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geo-cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
hasAutonomousRegion Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
hasCapitalOfAutonomousRegion Erbil ⓘ
hasConflict Iranian Kurdish conflict ⓘ
surface form: Iran–Kurdish conflict

Iraqi Kurdish rebellions ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Syrian civil war involvement ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature Kurdish Newroz festival ⓘ
Kurdish carpet weaving ⓘ
Kurdish dance ⓘ
Kurdish music ⓘ
hasDeFactoAutonomousRegion Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rojava
hasEthnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
hasFlag Flag of Kurdistan ⓘ
hasLanguage Kurmanji ⓘ
surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish

Sorani ⓘ
surface form: Sorani Kurdish

Zazaki ⓘ
hasMajorCity Diyarbakır ⓘ
Duhok ⓘ
Erbil ⓘ
Kermanshah ⓘ
Kirkuk ⓘ
Qamishli ⓘ
Sanandaj ⓘ
Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
Van ⓘ
hasMountainRange Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
hasNaturalResource natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
water resources ⓘ
hasPoliticalMovement Kurdish autonomy movement ⓘ
Kurdish independence movement ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Kurdish language ⓘ
hasReligion Alevism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Yazidism ⓘ
hasSubregion Kurdistan Province (Iran) ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Kurdistan

Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Kurdistan

Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Kurdistan
hasSymbol sun disk emblem ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script for Kurdish ⓘ
Cyrillic script for Kurdish ⓘ
Latin alphabet for Kurdish ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
partiallyLocatedIn Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Kurds ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish people

Referenced by (32)

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

this entity surface form: Rojava
Erbil → capitalOf → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region
this entity surface form: Kurdistan region
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
this entity surface form: Turkish Kurdistan
this entity surface form: Syrian Kurdistan
Syrian Desert → coversPartOf → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Syria
Greater Zab → flowsThrough → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
this entity surface form: Kurdistan region
northern Iraq → hasCulturalRegion → Kurdistan ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Iraq
Kurdistan → hasDeFactoAutonomousRegion → Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rojava
this entity surface form: Kurdistan region
Gorani → hasRegion → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
Kurdistan → hasSubregion → Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish Kurdistan
Kurdistan → hasSubregion → Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurdistan → hasSubregion → Kurdistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Kurdistan
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
Erbil → largestCityOf → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region
Erbil → locatedIn → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region
Sulaymaniyah → locatedIn → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
Al-Anfal campaign → location → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
this entity surface form: Iranian Kurdistan
Iraq revolt of 1920 → location → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan region of Iraq
Kurds → nativeRegion → Kurdistan ⓘ
Kurds → notableAutonomousRegion → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region in Iraq
northern Iraq → partOf → Kurdistan ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Iraq
this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan
Dijla → region → Kurdistan ⓘ
Lesser Zab → region → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan region of Iraq
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region
Sorani → spokenIn → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Sorani → standardizedIn → Kurdistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdistan Region of Iraq