List of largest cities of Iraq
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This article shows a list of cities in Iraq.
List
Common name | Governorate | Arabic | Population 1965 (census) | Population 1987 (census) | Population 2007 (estimate) | Population 2015 (estimate)[1] |
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Ad-Dawr | Salah ad Din | الدور | ||||
Afak | Al-Qādisiyyah | عفك | ||||
Al-Awja | Salah ad Din | العوجا | ||||
Al Diwaniyah | Al-Qādisiyyah | الديوانية | 60,486 | 196,519 | 333,311 | 421,571 |
Al-Faris | Salah ad Din | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | Salah ad Din | بيجي | ||||
Balad | Salah ad Din | 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 | ||||
Halabja | As Sulaymaniyah | حلبجة | ||||
Hīt | Al Anbar | هيت | ||||
Iskandariya | Babil | إسكندرية | ||||
Karbala | Karbala | كربلاء | 81,539 | 296,705 | 449,047 | 514,356 |
Khanaqin | Diyala | خانقين | ||||
Kirkuk | Kirkuk | كركوك | 175,303 | 418,624 | 620,318 | 938,336 |
Kufa | Najaf | 30,531 | 136,263 | |||
Kut | Wasit | الكوت | 41,822 | 183,183 | 331,674 | 436,673 |
Mosul (ku: Mûsil) | Ninawa | 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 | Salah ad Din | 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 | Salah ad Din | لتاجي | ||||
Tal Afar | Ninawa | تلعفر | 36,998 | 193,240 | ||
Tel Keppe | Ninawa | تل كيف | ||||
Tikrit | Salah ad Din | تكريت | 182,464 | |||
Umm Qasr | Basra | أم قصر | 13,558 | 122,154 | ||
Zakho | Dahuk | زاخو | ||||
Zubayr | Basra | الزبير | 41,144 | 126,574 |
Ancient cities and towns
- Babylon (ܒܒܝܠ) (بابل)
- Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in, المدائن)
- Eridu (إريدو)
- Hatra (حضر)
- Kish (كيش)
- Lagash (لجش)
- Nineveh (ܢܝܢܘܐ) (نينوى)
- Nippur (نيبور)
- Nuzi (Nuzu)
- Samarra
- Shenna (Sinn Barimma)
- Sumer (سومر)
- Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد)
- Ur (أور)
- Uruk (أوروك)
See also
References
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
External links
Media related to Cities in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons
Images
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Map of Iraq
Rank | Name | Governorate | Pop. | ||||||
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Baghdad Mosul |
1 | Baghdad | Baghdad Governorate | 6,719,476 | Basra Kirkuk | ||||
2 | Mosul | Nineveh Governorate | 1,361,819 | ||||||
3 | Basra | Basra Governorate | 1,340,827 | ||||||
4 | Kirkuk | Kirkuk Governorate | 972,272 | ||||||
5 | Erbil | Erbil Governorate | 879,071 | ||||||
6 | Najaf | Najaf Governorate | 747,261 | ||||||
7 | Karbala | Karbala Governorate | 711,530 | ||||||
8 | Sulaymaniyah | Sulaymaniyah Governorate | 676,492 | ||||||
9 | Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar Governorate | 558,446 | ||||||
10 | Amarah | Maysan Governorate | 527,472 |
- ^ "Iraq: Governorates, Major Cities & Urban Centers". City Population.