Kurdistan

Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistan; Arabic: كُردستان kurdistān), officially the Kurdistan Territory (Herêma Kurdistanê; تبعية كردستان taba‘ayat kurdistān), is one of the 13 territories of the Arab Union, and with a population of 5,776,430 (according to the 2020 census), by far its most populous. It is an organised territory, meaning it has a devolved legislative assembly (the Kurdistan Territorial Congress) responsible for appointing the government of Kurdistan, which has been led since June 2019 by Premier of Kurdistan Masrour Barzani. The capital and largest city of Kurdistan is Erbil; other major cities include Suleimaniya, Kirkuk, Dohuk, Halabja and Soran.