Kurdistan

Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistan; Arabic: كردستان kurdistān), officially the Kurdistan Territory (Herêma Kurdistanê; تبعية كردستان taba‘ayat kurdistān), is one of the 23 territories of the Arab Union, and with a population of over 5.6 million, the most populous territory. 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 the Kurdistan Territory is Suleimaniya; other major cities include Mosul, Erbil, Kirkuk, Dohuk and Halabja.