🇮🇶 Iraq 19 administrative divisions
19 first-level administrative divisions (states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country) and 641 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- IQ · IRQ · 368
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- IQD, Iraqi dinar
- Calling code
- +964
- Internet domain
- .iq
- Divisions
- 19
- Cities and towns
- 641
Divisions
The 19 divisions of Iraq
19 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Anbar Governorate | IQ-AN | 63 | 1,561,400 |
| Al Muthanna Governorate | IQ-MU | 10 | 683,126 |
| Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate | IQ-QA | 18 | 1,077,614 |
| Babylon Governorate | IQ-BB | 24 | 2,000,000 |
| Baghdad Governorate | IQ-BG | 23 | 9,780,429 |
| Basra Governorate | IQ-BA | 42 | 2,405,434 |
| Dhi Qar Governorate | IQ-DQ | 22 | 2,000,000 |
| Diyala Governorate | IQ-DI | 43 | 1,371,035 |
| Duhok Governorate | IQ-DA | 59 | 1,072,324 |
| Erbil Governorate | IQ-AR | 46 | 1,532,081 |
| Halabja Governorate | IQ-HA | 4 | 105,600 |
| Karbala Governorate | IQ-KA | 11 | 1,013,254 |
| Kirkuk Governorate | IQ-KI | 20 | 1,325,853 |
| Maysan Governorate | IQ-MA | 9 | 922,890 |
| Najaf Governorate | IQ-NA | 22 | 1,285,500 |
| Nineveh Governorate | IQ-NI | 122 | 3,106,948 |
| Saladin Governorate | IQ-SD | 46 | 1,337,786 |
| Sulaymaniyah Governorate | IQ-SU | 42 | 1,694,895 |
| Wasit Governorate | IQ-WA | 14 | 1,149,059 |
A further 1 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Iraq
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/IQ.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/IQ/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.