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Iraq (العراق, al-ʿIrāq) in other languages: Baghdad and governorates
Iraq is العراق, al-ʿIrāq, in Arabic and عێراق, Êraq, in Sorani Kurdish, its two official languages, with the ISO codes IQ, IRQ and 368. The tables give the name in 185 languages, Baghdad in 104 and Mesopotamia in 99, then the 18 governorates and the Kurdistan Region.
Official languagesArabic (العربية, al-ʿarabīyâ), Sorani Kurdish (کوردی, kurdî)
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- IQ
- alpha-3
- IRQ
- numeric
- 368
العراق
Arabic · ArabicRomanised al-ʿIrāq
جمهورية العراقǦumhūrīyâẗu l-ʿIrāq
عێراق
Sorani Kurdish · ArabicRomanised Êraq
کۆماری عێراقKomarî Êraq
- English
- IraqRepublic of Iraq
- Capital
- بغدادبەغداBaġdād · Beẍda · Baghdad
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Iraq in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Asturian, Catalan, Franco-Provençal, Galician, Italian, Jersey Norman French, Ladin, Maltese, Quechua, Sicilian, Spanish, Zazaki | eng / ast / cat / frp / glg / ita / jnf / lld / mlt / que / scn / spa / zza | Iraq | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Breton, Cornish, Kashubian, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, West Frisian, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Igbo, Indonesian, Javanese, Limburgish, Lingala, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Saterland Frisian, Swedish, Silesian, Tagalog, Tok Pisin, Turkish, Walloon, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | afr / bre / cor / csb / dan / dsb / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fry / hat / hrv / hsb / hun / ibo / ind / jav / lim / lin / nld / nor / nov / pol / ron / slk / slv / sme / stq / swe / szl / tgl / tpi / tur / wln / deu / ltz / nds | Irak | same as written |
| Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Samoan, Swahili | bam / kin / run / smo / swa | Iraki | same as written |
| Welsh, Friulian, Nahuatl, Romansh, Aromanian | cym / fur / nah / roh / rup | Irac | same as written |
| Aragonese, French, Interlingua, Occitan | arg / fra / ina / oci | Iraq, Irak | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro, Wolof | est / vor / wol | Iraak | same as written |
| Gagauz, Karakalpak | gag / kaa | İrak / Ирак | İrak |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İraq / Ираг | İraq |
| Bosnian | bos | Irak / Ирак / اٖىراق | Irak |
| Czech | ces | Irák | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Iraccu | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Iraq / Ыракъ | Iraq |
| Esperanto | epo | Irako | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Ioràc, Iarac, Iraq | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Iaráic, An Iráic | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Earack | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Iraƙ, Iraq, Bagdaza | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | ʻIlaka | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Írak | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Îraq, Iraq | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Iracia, Iraquia, Mesopotamia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Irāka | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Irakas | same as written |
| Lakota | lkt | Čhasmú Makȟóčhe | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Iraks | same as written |
| Mauritius Creole | mfe | Lirak | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Iraka | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Irak / Ирак | Irak |
| Malay | msa | Iraq / عراق | Iraq |
| Norman French | nrm | Babylonîn, Iraq | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Iraque | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Irak / इराक | Irak |
| Slovio | slo | Irakia / Иракиа | Irakia |
| Samogitian | smg | Ėraks | same as written |
| Somali | som | Ciraaq | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Iraku | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Iràq | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Irake | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | ʻIulaki | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Yrak / Ырак | Yrak |
| Uzbek | uzb | Iroq / Ироқ / ئىراق | Iroq |
| Vietnamese | vie | I-rắc | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lirakän | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / bul / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Ирак | Irak |
| Chechen, Serbian | che / srp | Ирак / Irak | Irak |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | rue / ukr | Ірак | Irak |
| Avar | ava | Гӏиракъ | ʿIraq̇ |
| Bashkir | bak | Ирак / İrak | İrak |
| Belarusian | bel | Ірак / Irak | Irak |
| Kazakh | kaz | Ирак / يراك / Ïrak, Ирақ / يراق / Ïraq | Ïrak, Ïraq |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Ирак / ئراق / İraq | İraq |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Әраԛ / Eraq, Ираԛ / Îraq | Eraq, Îraq |
| Lak | lbe | Иракьул | Iraq̇ul |
| Tabassaran | tab | Иракь | Iraq̇ |
| Tatar | tat | Гыйрак / Ğíraq / غىيراق | Ğíraq |
| Tajik | tgk | Ироқ / عراق / Iroq | Iroq |
| Arabic | ara | العراق | al-ʿIrāq |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | عیراق / İraq | İraq |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | عێراق / Êraq | Êraq |
| Persian | fas | عراق / Erâq | Erâq |
| Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | pnb / pus / urd | عراق | ʿIrāq |
| Dari | prs | عراق | ʿErāq |
| Sindhi | snd | عراق | ʿIrāqu |
| Uyghur | uig | ئىراق / Iraq / Ирақ | Iraq |
| Dhivehi | div | އިރާގް | Irāg |
| Syriac | syr | ܥܪܩ, ܥܝܪܐܩ | ʿIraq, ʿĪrāq |
| Hebrew | heb | ערק, עראק, עירק, עיראק | ʿIraq, ʿIrāq, ʿĪraq, ʿĪrāq |
| Ladino | lad | איראק / Irak | Irak |
| Yiddish | yid | איראַק | Irak |
| Berber, Kabyle | ber / kab | ⵄⵉⵔⴰⵇ / Ɛiraq | Ɛiraq |
| Amharic | amh | ኢራቅ | Iraḳ |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Ιράκ | Irák |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἰράκ | Irák |
| Armenian | hye | Իրաք | Irak̕ |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ერაყი | Eraqi |
| Laz | lzz | ირაკი / İrak’i | İrak’i |
| Hindi | hin | इराक़, इराक | Irāq, Irāk |
| Marathi | mar | इराक | Irāk |
| Bengali | ben | ইরাক | Irāk |
| Gujarati | guj | ઈરાક | Īrāk |
| Odia | ori | ଇରାକ | Irāk |
| Punjabi | pan | ਇਰਾਕ | Irāk |
| Sinhala | sin | ඉරාකය | Irākaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಇರಾಕ್ | Irāk |
| Malayalam | mal | ഇറാഖ്, ഇറാക്ൿ | Iṟākʰ, Iṟākk |
| Tamil | tam | ஈராக், இராக் | Īrāk, Irāk |
| Telugu | tel | ఇరాక్ | Irāk |
| Chinese | zho | 伊拉克 | Yīlākè |
| Cantonese | yue | 伊拉克 | Yīlāaihāk |
| Japanese | jpn | イラク | Iraku |
| Korean | kor | 이라크 | Irakeu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨི་རག།, ཡི་རག།, ཡི་ལའ་ཁོ། | I.rag, Yi.rag, Yi.lā.kʰo |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཨི་རཀ། | I.rak |
| Burmese | mya | အီရတ် | Iẏaʿ |
| Thai | tha | อิรัก | Irâk |
| Lao | lao | ອີຣັກ | Īlâk |
| Khmer | khm | អ៊ីរ៉ាក់ | Īrak |
02 · NamesU+0639 ARABIC LETTER AIN
al-ʿIrāq, Irak, Bagdaza: the name with and without the ʿayn
Arabic names the country with the article, العراق, al-ʿIrāq, and most languages of the region take the word without it: Persian عراق, Erâq, Sorani Kurdish عێراق, Êraq, Urdu and Pashto عراق, ʿIrāq. Hebrew lists four spellings, from ערק to עיראק, and Syriac two, ܥܪܩ and ܥܝܪܐܩ. Avar writes Гӏиракъ, ʿIraq̇, and Tatar Гыйрак, Ğíraq.
European languages split between Iraq and Irak. English, Spanish, Italian and Catalan keep the q, German, Dutch, Polish, Turkish and the Scandinavian languages write Irak, and French lists both. Latin has Iracia and Iraquia and also uses Mesopotamia for the country, Hausa lists Bagdaza, the name of the capital, beside Iraƙ, and Lakota calls it Čhasmú Makȟóčhe.
For Mesopotamia many languages keep the Greek word, while others use one of their own: German Zweistromland, Dutch Tweestromenland, Swedish Tvåflodslandet, Russian Междуречье and Двуречье, Persian میان رودان, Miyân Rudân. Arabic says بلاد الرافدين, Bilādu r-Rāfidayn, and Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ, Bēt Nahrayn.
Baghdad in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Baghdad | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Limburgish, Maltese, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Silesian, Tok Pisin, Volapük, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish | afr / arg / ast / cat / dan / est / fin / fra / glg / hat / hrv / hun / ind / isl / lim / mlt / nld / nor / oci / pol / ron / slk / slv / spa / swe / szl / tpi / vol / deu / ltz / nds / gle | Bagdad | same as written |
| Moldovan, Slovio | mol / slo | Bagdad / Багдад | Bagdad |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Bağdad / Бағдад | Bağdad |
| Bosnian | bos | Bagdad / Багдад / باغداد | Bagdad |
| Czech | ces | Bagdád | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Baldak | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Bağdat / Багъдат | Bağdat |
| Esperanto | epo | Bagdado | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Bagdaza | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Beẍda, Beẍdad | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Bagdatum, Bagdadum, Bagdetia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Bagdāde | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Bagdadas | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Baghdad / بغداد | Baghdad |
| Portuguese | por | Bagdá, Bagdade | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Bagdados | same as written |
| Somali | som | Baqdaad | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Bagdade | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Bagdad, Baghdad | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Bagdat / Багдат | Bagdat |
| Turkish | tur | Bağdat | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Bagʻdod / Бағдод / بەغداد | Bagʻdod |
| Vietnamese | vie | Bát-đa | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Beğdad | same as written |
| Avar, Kumyk, Lak, Lezgi | ava / kum / lbe / lez | Багъдад | Baġdad |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Багдад | Bagdad |
| Bashkir | bak | Бағдад / Bağdad | Bağdad |
| Belarusian | bel | Багдад / Bahdad | Bahdad |
| Chechen | che | Багӏдад / Baġdad | Baġdad |
| Kazakh | kaz | Бағдат / باعدات / Bağdat | Bağdat |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Багдад / باگداد / Bagdad | Bagdad |
| Serbian | srp | Багдад / Bagdad | Bagdad |
| Tabassaran | tab | Багъдат | Baġdat |
| Tatar | tat | Багдад / Bağdad / باغداد | Bağdad |
| Tajik | tgk | Бағдод / بغداد / Baƣdod | Baƣdod |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Баґдад | Bagdad |
| Arabic, Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | ara / pnb / pus / urd | بغداد | Baġdād |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | باغداد / Bağdad | Bağdad |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | بەغدا / Beẍda, بەغا / Beẍa, بەغداد / Beẍdad | Beẍda, Beẍa, Beẍdad |
| Persian | fas | بغداد / Baqdâd | Baqdâd |
| Uyghur | uig | بەغداد / Beghdad / Бәғдад | Beghdad |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܓܕܕ | Bagdad |
| Hebrew | heb | בגדד, בגדאד | Bagdad, Bagdād |
| Yiddish | yid | באַגדאַד | Bagdad |
| Amharic | amh | ባግዳድ | Bagdad |
| Greek | ell | Βαγδάτη | Vagdátī |
| Armenian | hye | Բաղդադ | Baġdad |
| Georgian | kat | ბაღდადი, ბაღდათი | Baġdadi, Baġdaṭi |
| Hindi | hin | बग़दाद, बगदाद | Baġdād, Bagdād |
| Marathi | mar | बगदाद | Bagdād |
| Bengali | ben | বাগদাদ | Bāgdād |
| Gujarati | guj | બગદાદ | Bagdād |
| Punjabi | pan | ਬਗਦਾਦ | Bagdād |
| Kannada | kan | ಬಾಗ್ದಾದ್ | Bāgdād |
| Malayalam | mal | ബാഗ്ദാദ് | Bāgdād |
| Tamil | tam | பாக்தாது, பாக்தாத் | Pāktātu, Pāktāt |
| Telugu | tel | బాగ్దాద్ | Bāgdād |
| Chinese | zho | 巴格達/巴格达 | Bāgédá |
| Japanese | jpn | バグダード, バグダッド | Bagudādo, Bagudaddo |
| Korean | kor | 바그다드 | Bageudadeu |
| Tibetan | bod | པ་ག་ཏ། | Pa.ga.ta |
| Thai | tha | แบกแดด | Bǣkdǣt |
| Khmer | khm | បាកដាដ, បាដាដ | Bākdād, Bādād |
Mesopotamia in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Asturian, Cebuano, Welsh, Basque, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Occitan, Romanian, Sicilian, Somali, Spanish, Albanian, Swahili | eng / arg / ast / ceb / cym / eus / glg / ind / ita / lat / nor / oci / ron / scn / som / spa / sqi / swa | Mesopotamia | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish | afr / lim | Mesopotamië | same as written |
| Croatian, Slovenian | hrv / slv | Mezopotamija | same as written |
| Hungarian, Slovak | hun / slk | Mezopotámia | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İkiçayarası / Икичајарасы, Mesopotamiya / Месопотамија | İkiçayarası, Mesopotamiya |
| Bosnian | bos | Mesopotamija / Месопотамија / مەسۉپۉتامٖىيا | Mesopotamija |
| Breton | bre | Mezopotamia | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Mesopotàmia | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Mezopotámie, Mesopotamie | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Mesopotami | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Mesopotamien | same as written |
| German | deu | Mesopotamien, Zweistromland | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Mezopotamio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Mesopotaamia, Kahejõemaa | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Mesopotamia, Kaksoisvirranmaa, Kaksoisvirtainmaa | same as written |
| French | fra | Mésopotamie | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Mesopotaamje | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Mheaspatáim | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Mesópótamía | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Mésopotanmie | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Zazaki | kur / zza | Mezopotamya | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Divupe, Mezopotāmija | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Mezopotami | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Mesopotamija, Tarpupis | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Mesopotamien, Zweestroumland | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Mesopotamia / Месопотамия | Mesopotamia |
| Maori | mri | Mehopotamia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Mesopotamia / ميسوڤوتاميا | Mesopotamia |
| Dutch | nld | Mesopotamië, Tweestromenland | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Mezopotamia, Międzyrzecze | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Mesopotâmia | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Mesopotamėjė, Tarpopis | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Mesopotamien, Tvåflodslandet | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Mesopotamya | same as written |
| Turkish | tur | Mezopotamya, Aram Nehrin | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Mesopotamiya / Месопотамия / مېساپاتەمىيە | Mesopotamiya |
| Vietnamese | vie | Lưỡng Hà | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Mesopotän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Mezopotameye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Réewum ñaari dex yi, Mesopotaami | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Мєсопотамїꙗ | Mesopotamïja |
| Bulgarian, Yakut | bul / sah | Месопотамия | Mesopotamija |
| Chuvash, Mongolian | chv / mon | Месопотами | Mesopotami |
| Abkhaz | abk | Аҩӡыбжьара, Амесопотамиа | Aůdzybž'ara, Amesopotamia |
| Bashkir | bak | Месопотамия / Mesopotamiya | Mesopotamiya |
| Belarusian | bel | Месапатамія / Miesapatamija, Мэсапатамія / Mesapatamija, Міжрэчча / Mižrečča, Двурэчча / Dvurečča | Miesapatamija, Mesapatamija, Mižrečča, Dvurečča |
| Kabardian | kbd | Месопотамиэ | Mesopotamiă |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Суула арасы, Месопотамия | Suula arasy, Mesopotamija |
| Macedonian | mkd | Месопотамија | Mesopotamija |
| Russian | rus | Междуречье, Двуречье, Месопотамия | Meždureč'je, Dvureč'je, Mesopotamija |
| Serbian | srp | Месопотамија / Mesopotamija, Међуречје / Međurečje | Mesopotamija, Međurečje |
| Tatar | tat | Месопотамия / Mesopotamiä / مېسوپوتامىيە | Mesopotamiä |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Межиріччя, Дворіччя, Месопотамія | Mežyriččja, Dvoriččja, Mesopotamija |
| Arabic | ara | بلاد مابين النهرين, بلاد الرافدين | Bilād mā-Baynu n-Nahrayn, Bilādu r-Rāfidayn |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایکیچایاراسی / İkiçayarası, مئسوپوتامییا / Mesopotamiya | İkiçayarası, Mesopotamiya |
| Persian | fas | میان رودان / Miyân Rudân, بین النهرین / Beynon-Nahreyn | Miyân Rudân, Beynon-Nahreyn |
| Mazandarani | mzn | میون رودون | Miyūn Rūdūn |
| Uyghur | uig | مېسوپوتامىيە / Mésopotamiye / Месопотамия | Mésopotamiye |
| Urdu | urd | بین النہرین, میسوپوٹیمیا | Baynu n-Nahrayn, Mēsōpōṫēmiyā |
| Dhivehi | div | މެސޮޕޮޓޭމިއާ | Mesopoṫēmiā |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ | Bēt Nahrayn |
| Hebrew | heb | מסופוטמיה, ארם נהריים | Mesōpōṭamyah, Aram Naharayīm |
| Greek | ell | Μεσοποταμία | Mesopotamía |
| Armenian | hye | Միջագետք | Miǰagetk̕ |
| Georgian | kat | შუამდინარეთი, მესოპოტამია | Šuamdinareṭi, Mesopotamia |
| Hindi | hin | मेसोपोटामिया | Mesopoṭāmiyā |
| Marathi | mar | मेसोपोटेमिया | Mesopoṭemiyā |
| Bengali | ben | মেসোপটেমিয়া | Mesopôṭemiyā |
| Kannada | kan | ಮೆಸೊಪಟ್ಯಾಮಿಯಾ | Mesopaṭæmiyā |
| Malayalam | mal | മെസപ്പൊട്ടേമിയ | Mesappoṭṭēmiya |
| Tamil | tam | மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா | Mecoppottēmiyā |
| Telugu | tel | మెసొపొటేమియా | Mesopoṭēmiyā |
| Chinese | zho | 两河文明, 美索不達米亞/美索不达米亚 | Liǎnghéwénmíng, Měisuǒbùdámǐyà |
| Japanese | jpn | メソポタミア | Mesopotamia |
| Korean | kor | 메소포타미아 | Mesopotamia |
| Thai | tha | เมโสโปเตเมีย | Mēsōpōtēmiya |
The governorates of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region
ISO 3166-2 lists 18 governorates and, since 2022, the Kurdistan Region as the parent of three of them. Names are given in Arabic and, where the source or ISO has it, in Sorani Kurdish; the centre follows in Arabic with its transliteration.
| ISO 3166-2 | Arabic | Sorani Kurdish | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governorates محافظات muḥāfaẓāt15 | |||||
| IQ-AN | محافظة الأنبارMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Anbār | Anbar | الرماديar-Ramādī | ||
| IQ-BA | محافظة البصرةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Baṣrâ | Basra | البصرةal-Baṣrâ | ||
| IQ-BB | محافظة بابلMuḥāfaẓâẗu Bābil | Babylon | الحلةal-Ḥillâ | ||
| IQ-BG | محافظة بغدادMuḥāfaẓâẗu Baġdād | Baghdad | بغدادBaġdād | ||
| IQ-DI | محافظة ديالىMuḥāfaẓâẗu Diyālá | Diyala | بعقوبةBaʿqūbâ | ||
| IQ-DQ | محافظة ذي قارMuḥāfaẓâẗu Ḏī Qār | Dhi Qar | الناصريةan-Nāṣirīyâ | ||
| IQ-KA | محافظة كربلاءMuḥāfaẓâẗu Karbalāʾ | Karbala | كربلاءKarbalāʾ | ||
| IQ-KI | كركوكKirkūk | کەرکووک | Kirkuk | كركوكKirkūk | |
| IQ-MA | محافظة ميسانMuḥāfaẓâẗu Maysān | Maysan | العمارةal-ʿAmārâ | ||
| IQ-MU | محافظة المثنىMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Muṯanná | Muthanna | السماوةas-Samāwâ | ||
| IQ-NA | محافظة النجفMuḥāfaẓâẗu n-Naǧaf | Najaf | النجفan-Naǧaf | ||
| IQ-NI | محافظة نينوىMuḥāfaẓâẗu Nīnawá | Nineveh | الموصلal-Mawṣil | ||
| IQ-QA | محافظة القادسيةMuḥāfaẓâẗu l-Qādisīyâ | Qadisiya | الديوانيةad-Dīwānīyâ | ||
| IQ-SD | محافظة صلاح الدينMuḥāfaẓâẗu Ṣalāḥi d-Dīn | Saladin | تكريتTikrīt | ||
| IQ-WA | محافظة واسطMuḥāfaẓâẗu Wāsiṭ | Wasit | الكوتal-Kūt | ||
| Kurdistan Region and its governorates هەرێمی کوردستان Herêmî Kurdistan4 | |||||
| IQ-KR | إقليم كردستانIqlīmu Kurdistān | هەرێمی کوردستانHerêmî Kurdistan | Kurdistan Region | أربيلArbīl · Hewlêr | 2022 Added to ISO 3166-2 as a region, parent of IQ-AR, IQ-DA and IQ-SU |
| IQ-DA | محافظة دهوكMuḥāfaẓâẗu Dahūk | پارێزگای دهۆکParêzgay Dihok | Duhok | دهوكDahūk · Dihok | |
| IQ-SU | محافظة السليمانيةMuḥāfaẓâẗu s-Sulaymānīyâ | پارێزگای سلێمانیParêzgay Silêmanî | Sulaymaniya | السليمانيةas-Sulaymānīyâ · Silêmanî | |
| IQ-AR | محافظة أربيلMuḥāfaẓâẗu Arbīl | پارێزگای هەولێرParêzgay Hewlêr | Erbil | أربيلArbīl · Hewlêr | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:IQ on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026, including the change of 3 March 2022 that added IQ-KR and made it the parent of Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah. ISO lists Kirkūk as a governorate outside the region, with Arabic and Kurdish names. English names from the same table. Arabic and Kurdish names, centres and transliterations: the 2016 edition of this list; the Kurdish name of Kirkuk is the one ISO gives.
06 · Governorates
Muḥāfaẓa, parêzga and the Kurdistan Region
Arabic calls a governorate محافظة, muḥāfaẓa, and the official names put this word before the name of the province: محافظة البصرة, Muḥāfaẓâẗu l-Baṣrâ. Kurdish uses پارێزگا, parêzga, in the same place, so Duhok governorate is پارێزگای دهۆک, Parêzgay Dihok. The region above three of them is إقليم كردستان, Iqlīmu Kurdistān, in Arabic and هەرێمی کوردستان, Herêmî Kurdistan, in Kurdish.
Seven centres share the name of their governorate: Baghdad, Basra, Karbala and Najaf, and in the Kurdistan Region Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah. The other eleven have a centre with a name of its own: the centre of al-Anbār is الرمادي, ar-Ramādī, that of Bābil الحلة, al-Ḥillâ, of Nīnawá الموصل, al-Mawṣil, of Maysān العمارة, al-ʿAmārâ, and of Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn تكريت, Tikrīt. The source still names the Kirkuk governorate محافظة التأميم, Muḥāfaẓâẗu t-Taʾmīm, with Kirkūk as its centre, while ISO uses Kirkūk, كركوك, for the governorate itself and gives a Kurdish name, کەرکووک, beside it.
07 · Anthem
Mawṭinī, the national anthem in Arabic
The Arabic text of Mawṭinī, موطني, in 3 stanzas, each followed by its transliteration in brackets.
- موطني موطني / الجلال والجمال والسناء والبهاء في رباك / والحياة والنجاة والهناء والرجاء في هواك / هل أراك / سالما منعما وغانما مكرما / هل أراك في علاك تبلغ السماك (mawṭinī mawṭinī / al-ǧalālu wa-l-ǧamālu wa-s-sanāʾu wa-l-bahāʾu fī rubāk / wa-l-ḥayātu wa-n-naǧātu wa-l-hanāʾu wa-r-raǧāʾu fī hawāk / hal arāk / sālimān munaʿamān wa-ġānimān mukarramān / hal arāk fī ʿulāk tabluġu s-simāk)
- موطني موطني / الشباب لن يكل عزمه أن يستقل أو يبيد / نستقي من الردى ولن نكون للعداء كالعبيد / لا نريد / ذلنا مؤبد وعيشنا منكد / لا نريد بل نعيد مجدنا التليد (mawṭinī mawṭinī / aš-šabābu lan yakilla ʿuzmah an yastaqilla aw yabīd / nastaqī mina r-radá wa-lan nakūna li-l-ʿidāʾ kālʿabīd / lā nurīd / ḏullanā muʾabbada wa-ʿayšanā munakkada / lā nurīd bal nuʿīd maǧdanā t-talīd)
- موطني موطني / الحسام واليراع لا الكلام والنزاع رمزنا / مجدنا وعهدنا وواجب الى الوفاء يهزنا / عزنا / غاية تشرف وراية ترفرف / يا هناك في علاك قاهرا عداك / موطني موطني (mawṭinī mawṭinī / al-ḥusāmu wa-l-yarāʿu lā l-kalām wa-n-nizāʿu ramzunā / maǧdunā wa-ʿahdunā wa-wāǧibun ilá l-wafāʾ yahuzzunā / ʿizzunā / ġāyâẗun tušarrifu wa-rāyâẗun turafrifu / yā hanāk fī ʿulāk qāhirān ʿidāk / mawṭinī mawṭinī)
08 · Questions
Questions about the names of Iraq
What is Iraq called in Arabic and Kurdish?
العراق, al-ʿIrāq, in Arabic and عێراق, Êraq, in Sorani Kurdish. The official name is جمهورية العراق, Ǧumhūrīyâẗu l-ʿIrāq, in Kurdish کۆماری عێراق, Komarî Êraq.
Which governorates belong to the Kurdistan Region?
Arbīl (IQ-AR), Dahūk (IQ-DA) and as-Sulaymānīyah (IQ-SU). ISO added the region itself as IQ-KR in 2022.
What is Mesopotamia called in Arabic?
بلاد الرافدين, Bilādu r-Rāfidayn, or بلاد ما بين النهرين, Bilād mā-Baynu n-Nahrayn.