Erbil Govrenorate (Hewlêr) أربيل Arbīl Hawler Govrenorate | |
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Govrenorate | |
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Coordinates: 36°11′N 44°2′E / 36.183°N 44.033°E | |
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Caipital | Arbil |
Area | |
• Total | 15074 km2 (5,820 sq mi) |
Population (2011 Estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 2,000,000 |
Arbil Province (Arabic: أربيل Arbīl, Kurdish: Hawler, Syriac: ܐܪܒܝܠ Arbel, Turkmen: Erbil) is ane o the provinces o Iraq, locatit in the autonomous Kurdistan Region.[2] It derives its name frae the ceety o Arbil, which is an aa its caipital.
The province o Arbil covers an aurie o 15,074 square kilometres (5,820 sq mi) in the north o Iraq, wi an estimatit population (in 2003) o 1,314,000 fowk. It is lairgely populatit bi Kurds but haes minority populations o Assyrians, Iraqi Arabs, an Iraqi Turkmen.