Kurdistan
Kurdistan
- State
- Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria
- Area
- 450.000 km2
- Population
- 30.000.000 - 35.000.000 inhabitants
- Languages
- Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, Aramaic, Armenian, Turkmen
- Official languages Kurdish and Arabic (in Iraq); Kurdish and Arabic (in Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) (in Syria); Kurdish is not official in other states
- Native language speakers
- 60%-80%
- Main cities
- Mosul (Müsil), Kirkuk (Kerkûk), Diyarbakir (Amed), Erbil (Hewlêr), Kermanshah (Kirmansan), Mahabad (Mehabad), Qamishli (Qamislo)
- Native political institutions
- Kurdish Government (in Iraq); Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) (in Syria) (not been officially recognized by the Syrian government or internationally); there is not any Kurdish Government in other states
- Main religious culture
- Sunni Islamists
- National bank holiday
- Newroz (21 March)
- Main nationalist parties
- PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN (Iraq), KURDISTAN WORKER'S PARTY (PKK, Turkey), KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (Iraq), KURDISTAN FREEDOM PARTY (PAK – Iran), DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY (PYD, Syria)
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