Halabja Governorate

Halabja Governorate پارێزگای ھەڵەبجە Halabja Province
Province
Country	Iraq
Region	Kurdistan
Capital	Halabja
Area
• Total	888.915 km^2 (343.212 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	102,802[1]
Time zone	AST (UTC+3)

Halabja Governorate within Kurdistan Region^[2]

Halabja Governorate or Halabja Province (Kurdish: پارێزگای ھەڵەبجە‎) is a governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. The governorate was established in 2014 making it the fourth in Iraqi Kurdistan.^[3][4] Its capital is the city of Halabja. On March 13, 2014, Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, signed the decision of making Halabja the fourth governorate of Kurdistan Region; that happened just three days before the remembrance of Halabja chemical attack, which happened on March 16, 1988.^[5] On March 16, 2014, Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani signed a regional directive to promote Halabja from district status to a province.^[6]

Districts

District	Sub-District
Halabja	Sirwan
	Khurmal
	Byara

References

1. "ژمارەى دانیشتوانى پێشبینکراو لە هەرێمى کوردستان 2015". www.krso.net.
2. "Map of area of Kurdistan Region & its Governorates". www.krso.net.
3. "Iraqi Kurdistan government announces Halabja as its fourth province". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
4. Ottoway, Marina. "Mission Impossible". http://www.foreignpolicy.com/. Retrieved 13 March 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
5. Rudaw
6. , Kurdistan Region President Signs Halabja Province Directive

Coordinates: 35°12′00″N 46°00′00″E / 35.2000°N 46.0000°E