List of cities in Iraq
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This article shows a list of cities in Iraq.
List[edit]
| City Name | Governorate | Arabic | Population 1965 (census) | Population 1987 (census) | Population 2007 (estimate) | Population 2015 (estimate)[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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) | 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 | Dahuk | زاخو | ||||
| Zubayr | Basra | الزبير | 41,144 | 126,574 |
Ancient cities and towns[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
External links[edit]
Media related to Cities in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons
Images[edit]
Map of Iraq
| Rank | Name | Governorate | Pop. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baghdad  Basra |
1 | Baghdad | Baghdad Governorate | 9,500,000 |  Mosul  Erbil | ||||
| 2 | Basra | Basra Governorate | 2,300,125 | ||||||
| 3 | Mosul | Nineveh Governorate | 2,000,000 | ||||||
| 4 | Erbil | Erbil Governorate | 1,100,000 | ||||||
| 5 | Kirkuk | Kirkuk Governorate | 1,100,000 | ||||||
| 6 | Sulaymaniya | Sulaymaniya Governorate | 1,000,000 | ||||||
| 7 | Hilla | Babil Governorate | 1,000,000 | ||||||
| 8 | Karbala | Karbala Governorate | 800,347 | ||||||
| 9 | Najaf | Najaf Governorate | 800,137 | ||||||
| 10 | Al Nasiriya | Dhi Qar Governorate | 700,373 | ||||||
