🇮🇶 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nineveh Governorate | IQ-NI | 122 | 3,106,948 |
| Al Anbar Governorate | IQ-AN | 63 | 1,561,400 |
| Duhok Governorate | IQ-DA | 59 | 1,072,324 |
| Erbil Governorate | IQ-AR | 46 | 1,532,081 |
| Saladin Governorate | IQ-SD | 46 | 1,337,786 |
| Diyala Governorate | IQ-DI | 43 | 1,371,035 |
| Basra Governorate | IQ-BA | 42 | 2,405,434 |
| Sulaymaniyah Governorate | IQ-SU | 42 | 1,694,895 |
| Babylon Governorate | IQ-BB | 24 | 2,000,000 |
| Baghdad Governorate | IQ-BG | 23 | 9,780,429 |
| Dhi Qar Governorate | IQ-DQ | 22 | 2,000,000 |
| Najaf Governorate | IQ-NA | 22 | 1,285,500 |
| Kirkuk Governorate | IQ-KI | 20 | 1,325,853 |
| Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate | IQ-QA | 18 | 1,077,614 |
| Wasit Governorate | IQ-WA | 14 | 1,149,059 |
| Karbala Governorate | IQ-KA | 11 | 1,013,254 |
| Al Muthanna Governorate | IQ-MU | 10 | 683,126 |
| Maysan Governorate | IQ-MA | 9 | 922,890 |
| Halabja Governorate | IQ-HA | 4 | 105,600 |
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.