{{Short description|Third-level administrative divisions of Iraq}} {{Infobox subdivision type | name = Districts of Iraq | native_name = اقضية العراق | native_name_lang = ar | alt_name = | map = File:Iraq Dist.png | category = Federation | territory = {{Flag|Iraq}} | current_number = 120 | government = District government | subdivision = Subdistricts }} Iraq's 19 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (''qada''). The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/iraq/admin/|title=Governorates and Districts of Iraq|access-date=2025-09-13|archive-date=2021-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425191530/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/iraq/admin/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The districts are listed below (with capital in parentheses):
== Districts by Governorate == === Al Anbar Governorate === {{main|Al Anbar Governorate}} * Al-Qa'im District (Al-Qa'im) * Ar-Rutba District (Ar-Rutba) * Anah District (Anah) * Fallujah District (Fallujah) * Haditha District (Haditha) * Hīt District (Hīt) * Ramadi District (Ramadi) * Rawah District (Rawah)
=== Muthanna Governorate === right|250px {{see also|Muthanna Governorate}} * Al-Khidhir District (Al-Khidhir) * Al-Rumaitha District (Al-Rumaitha) * Al-Salman District (Al-Salman) * Al-Samawa District (Samawa)
=== Qadisiyyah Governorate === {{see also|Qadisiyyah Governorate}} * Afaq District (Afaq) * Al-Shamiya District (Al-Shamiya) * Diwaniya District (Diwaniya) * Hamza District (Hamza)
=== Babil Governorate === right|200px {{see also|Babil Governorate}} * Al-Mahawil District (Al-Mahawil) * Al-Musayab District (Al-Musayab) * Hashimiya District (Hashimiya) * Hilla District (Hilla)
=== Baghdad Governorate === {{see also|Baghdad Governorate}} *Abu Ghraib District *Al-Adhamiyah District *Al-Karkh District *Kadhimiya District *Al-Mada'in District *Mahmudiya District *Al-Rasafa District *Sadr City 1 District *Sadr City 2 District *Al Tarmia District
=== Basra Governorate === right|200px {{see also|Basra Governorate}} * Abu Al-Khaseeb District (Abu Al-Khaseeb) * Al-Midaina District (Al-Midaina) * Al-Qurna District (Al-Qurna) * Al-Zubair District (Al-Zubair) * Basrah District (Basrah) * al-Faw District (al-Faw)
=== Dhi Qar Governorate === {{see also|Dhi Qar Governorate}} * Al-Chibayish District (Al-Chibayish) * Al-Rifa'i District (Al-Rifa'i) * Al-Shatra District (Al-Shatra) * Nassriya District (Nassriya) * Suq Al-Shoyokh District (Suq Al-Shoyokh)
=== Diyala Governorate === right|150px {{see also|Diyala Governorate}} * Al-Khalis District (Al-Khalis) * Al-Muqdadiya District (Al-Muqdadiya) * Baladrooz District (Baladrooz) * Ba'quba District (Ba'quba) * Khanaqin District (Khanaqin) * Kifri District (Kifri)
=== Karbala Governorate === right|200px {{see also|Karbala Governorate}} * Ain Al-Tamur District (Ayn al-Tamr) * Al-Hindiya District (Al-Hindiya) * Kerbala District (Kerbala)
=== Kirkuk Governorate === right|250px|Kirkuk District {{see also|Kirkuk Governorate}} (From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim) * Al-Hawiga District (Al-Hawiga) * Daquq District (Daquq) * Kirkuk District (Kirkuk) * Al-Dibs District (Al-Dibs)
=== Maysan Governorate === {{see also|Maysan Governorate}} * Ali Al-Gharbi District (Ali Al-Gharbi) * Al-Kahla District (Al-Kahla) * Al-Maimouna District (Al-Maimouna) * Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District (Majar al-Kabir) * Amara District (Amarah) * Qal'at Saleh District (Qal'at Saleh)
=== Najaf Governorate === {{see also|Najaf Governorate}} * Al-Manathera District (Al-Manathera) * Kufa District (Kufa) * Najaf District (Najaf) * Al-Meshkhab District (Al-Meshkhab)
=== Nineveh Governorate === right|250px {{See also|Nineveh Governorate}} Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's de facto control. *Al-Ba'aj District (Al-Ba'aj) *Al-Hamdaniya District (Bakhdida) *Makhmur District (Makhmur) *Hatra District (Hatra) *Mosul District (Mosul) *Sinjar District (Sinjar) *Tel Afar District (Tal Afar) *Tel Keppe District (Tel Keppe)
=== Saladin Governorate === right|250px {{see also|Saladin Governorate}} *Al-Daur District (Al-Daur) *Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat) *Baiji District (Baiji) *Balad District (Balad) *Samarra District (Samarra) *Tikrit District (Tikrit) *Tooz District (Tuz Khurmatu) *Dujail District (Dujail) {{clear}}
=== Wasit Governorate === {{see also|Wasit Governorate}} * Al-Aziziyah District (Al-Aziziyah) * Al-Hai District (Al-Hai) * Al-Na'maniya District (Al-Na'maniya) * Al-Suwaira District (Al-Suwaira) * Badra District (Badra) * Kut District (Kut)
=== Dohuk Governorate === right|250px {{see also|Dohuk Governorate}} Dohuk Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. * Amadiya District (Amadiya) * Dahuk District (Dahuk) * Sumel District (Sumel) * Zakho District (Zakho) * Bardarash District (Bardarash) * Akre District (Akre) * Shekhan District (Ain Sifni)
=== Erbil Governorate === right|250px {{see also|Erbil Governorate}} Erbil Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region, while the status of the Makhmur District is contested, which is currently under the control of the federal government. * Erbil District (71) * Koisanjaq District (80) * Shaqlawa District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer * Soran District (94), cities are Town of Soran, Rawanduz and Diana * Makhmur District (claimed by Kurdistan Region) * Mergasur District (83) * Choman District (66) *Erbil Countryside District *Taqtaq District (Taqtaq) {{clear}}
=== Sulaymaniyah Governorate === right|250px {{see also|Sulaymaniyah Governorate}} Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. * Pshdar District (Qaladiza) * Chamchamal District (Chamchamal) * Darbandokeh District (Darbandikhan) * Dokan District (Dokan) * Kalar District (Kalar) * Rania District (Rania) * Sharbazher District (Sharbazher) * Sulaymaniya District (Sulaymaniya) * Saidsadiq District (Saidsadiq) * Sharazoor District (Halabjay Taza) * Penjwin District (Penjwin) * Mawat District (Mawat) * Qaradagh District (Qaradagh)
=== Halabja Governorate === {{see also|Halabja Governorate}} Halabja Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. * Halabja * Sirwan * Khurmal District (Khurmal) * Byara District (Byara) * Bamo
== See also == * Governorates of Iraq
== References == {{reflist}}
== Sources == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061023000127/http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/013_A4_Iraq_districts.pdf humanitarianinfo district map] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070227024338/http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iraq/maps/010_A4_Iraq_governorates.pdf humanitarianinfo governorate map]
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