Arbil Governorate
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- This article is about the governorate of Iraq. For the city of the same name, see Arbil.
| Arbil Governorate | |
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| Country | Iraq |
| Capital | Arbil |
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| - Total | 14,471 km² (5,587.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| - Total | 2,886,756 |
Arbīl (Arabic: أربيل, Kurdish: Hawler) is a governorate of Iraq located in the north of the country. It derives its name from the city of Arbil, which is also its capital ().
The governorate of Arbil covers an area of 14,428 square kilometers (5,570.7 sq mi) in the north of Iraq, with an estimated population (in 2001) of 1,425,000 people. It is largely populated by Kurds but has a small minority of Assyrians. The governorate is a part of the Kurdistan autonomous region.
The region's economy is largely agricultural with some oil production and was badly affected by the conflict between Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Kurds, although smuggling in defiance of the United Nations sanctions regime enabled many locals to keep afloat and even to prosper in some cases.
Since August 2004, the South Korean Zaytun Division (around 3,000 soldiers) were dispatched to the province for peace-keeping and reconstruction.
On May 30, 2007, Arbīl was handed over to local Iraqi authorities by Coalition forces as part of a three province handover.
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