Kirkuk Province كركوك محافظة Kirkuk Govrenorate | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 35°22′N 44°8′E / 35.367°N 44.133°E | |
Kintra | Iraq |
Caipital | Kirkuk |
Area | |
• Total | 9679 km2 (3,737 sq mi) |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 848,000 |
Kirkuk Province ([كركوك Karkūk] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Kurdish: Kerkûk, Syriac: [ܟܪܟ ܣܠܘܟ Karẖa Sloẖ] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Turkis: Kerkük) is a province in northren Iraq. The province haes an aurie o 9,679 square kilometres (3,737 sq mi). In 2003 the estimatit population wis 848,000 fowk. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Kirkuk. It is dividit intae fower destricts.
Frae 1976 tae 2006, it wis namit At-Ta'mim Province which means "Naitional Province" an refers tae the naitional awnership o the regional ile an naitural gas reserves. Prior tae 1976 it haed been namit Kirkuk Province.