
Kurdistan - Wikipedia
Kurdistan generally comprises the following four regions: southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), and …
Kurdistan | History, Religion, Map, & Facts | Britannica
May 13, 2025 · Kurdistan, broadly defined geographic region traditionally inhabited mainly by Kurds. It consists of an extensive plateau and mountain area, spread over large parts of what …
Who are the Kurds? - BBC News
Oct 15, 2019 · Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group …
Kurdistan - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistān, lit. 'Land of the Kurds'; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] (listen)), [3] or Greater Kurdistan, [4][5] is the region in the Middle East where the Kurds inhabit [6] and …
Who are the Kurds? | National Geographic
Aug 16, 2019 · Nestled on the margins of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, Kurdistan is one of the planet’s most volatile regions, and its people are the world’s largest stateless group. The …
Learn About Kurdish History - The Kurdish Project
Kurdish history is deeply intertwined with the geography and the politics of the modern Kurdish regions. The contiguous Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria sit in the north central …
KURDISTAN | Washington Kurdish Institute
What is Kurdistan? Kurdistan is the ancestral homeland of the Kurds, the fourth largest ethnic group of the Middle East. The Kurdish homeland, Kurdistan, is, in many places, mountainous …
The Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region in federal Iraq
The Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region in federal Iraq. It borders Syria to the west, Iran to the east, and Turkey to the north, where fertile plains meet the Zagros mountains, and is …
Region | Facts & Figures - Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdistan borders Turkey, Iran and Syria. The regional capital is Erbil or in Kurdish, Hawler. The region is officially governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government. The establishment of the …
Kurdistan in Brief
Kurdistan Region (Kurdish: ههرێمی کوردستان / Herêmî Kurdistan) is an autonomous region in Northern Iraq. It borders the Kurdish regions of Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the …