List of cities in Iraq
Where is Iraq located?
Irag is a Western Asian country that shares borders with six other countries. The Republic of Iraq shares its northernmost border with the country of Turkey, while the southern edge of Iraq is shared with Saudi Arabia. In the east lies Iran and to the west lies Syria. Jordan is along Iraq’s southwestern border, where Kuwait is situated along Iraq’s southeastern border.
List of cities in Iraq
Iraq have 126 cities. Each row includes a city’s latitude, longitude, governorate and other variables of interest. This is a subset of all 21,735 places in Iraq.
Notable Cities: The capital of Iraq is Baghdad, which is in the governorate of Baghdād, with an urban population of 5,054,000.
| City Name | Governorate | Arabic|Kurdish | Population 1965 (census) | Population 1987 (census) | Population 2007 (estimate) | Population 2015 (estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad-Dawr | Saladin | الدور | ||||
| Afak | Al-Qādisiyyah | عفك | ||||
| Al-Awja | Saladin | العوجا | ||||
| Al Diwaniyah | Al-Qādisiyyah | الديوانية | 60,486 | 196,519 | 333,311 | 421,571 |
| Al-Faris | Saladin | |||||
| Al Hillah | Babil | الحلة | 84,104 | 268,834 | 289,233 | 559,834 |
| Al Qasim | Babil | القاسم | ||||
| Al Eskanaria | Babil | الاسكندرية | ||||
| Al Mehawil | Babil | المحاويل | ||||
| Al Mosayeb | Babil | المسيب | ||||
| Al-Qa’im | Al Anbar | القائم | ||||
| Al Zab | Kirkuk | الزاب | ||||
| Amarah | Maysan | العمارة | 64,674 | 208,797 | 336,262 | 541,034 |
| Ar Rutba | Al Anbar | الرطبة | ||||
| Erbil | Erbil | هەولێر، أربيل | 90,956 | 485,968 | 993,468 | |
| Baghdad | Baghdad | بغداد | 1,523,302 | 3,841,268 | 5,831,541 | 8,211,934 |
| Baghdadi | Al Anbar | البغدادي | ||||
| Baiji | Saladin | بيجي | ||||
| Balad | Saladin | بلد | ||||
| Baqubah | Diyala | بعقوبة | 34,790 | 114,500 | 155,508 | |
| Basra | Basra | البصرة | 310,950 | 406,296 | 2,271,544 | 1,225,793 |
| Dahuk | Dahuk | دهۆک، دهوك | 16,803 | 139,587 | ||
| Fallujah | Al Anbar | الفلّوجة | 36,330 | 202,014 | 321,106 | |
| Haditha | Al Anbar | حديثة | ||||
| Hīt | Al Anbar | هيت | ||||
| Iskandariya | Babil | إسكندرية | ||||
| Karbala | Karbala | كربلاء | 81,539 | 296,705 | 449,047 | 514,356 |
| Khanaqin | Diyala | خانقين | ||||
| Kirkuk | Kirkuk | كركوك،کەرکووک | 175,303 | 418,624 | 620,318 | 938,336 |
| Najaf Governorate | كوفه | 30,531 | 136,263 | |||
| Kut | Wasit | الكوت | 41,822 | 183,183 | 331,674 | 436,673 |
| Mosul (ku: Mûsil) | Nineveh | الموصل | 264,146 | 664,221 | 2,220,624 | |
| Muqdadiyah | Diyala | المقدادية | ||||
| Najaf | Najaf | النجف | 134,027 | 309,010 | 502,400 | 746,180 |
| Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | الناصرية | 59,330 | 265,937 | 414,977 | 537,544 |
| Ramadi | Al Anbar | الرمادي | 29,265 | 192,556 | 282,918 | 419,053 |
| Samarra | Saladin | سامراء | 25,058 | 167,850 | ||
| Samawah | Al Muthana | السماوة | 32,577 | 75,300 | 163,971 | |
| Shamia | Al-Qādisiyyah | الشامية | ||||
| Sulaymaniyah | As Sulaymaniyah | سلێمانی، السليمانية | 83,612 | 364,096 | 773,496 | 651,173 |
| Taji | Saladin | لتاجي | ||||
| Tal Afar | Nineveh | تلعفر | 36,998 | 193,240 | ||
| Tel Keppe | Nineveh | تل كيف | ||||
| Tikrit | Saladin | تكريت | 182,464 | |||
| Umm Qasr | Basra | أم قصر | 13,558 | 122,154 | ||
| Zakho | Duhok | زاخو،زاخۆ | ||||
| Zubayr | Basra | الزبير | 41,144 | 126,574 | ||
| Halabja | Halabja Governorate | هەڵەبجە/حلبجة |
