Iraq's 19 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts (qada). The district usually bears the same name as the district capital.
The districts are listed below (with capital in parentheses):
Districts by Governorate Al Anbar Governorate
Al-Qa'im District (Al-Qa'im) Ar-Rutba District (Ar-Rutba) Anah District (Anah) Fallujah District (Fallujah) Haditha District (Haditha) Hīt District (Hīt) Ramadi District (Ramadi) Rawah District (Rawah)
Muthanna Governorate
Al-Khidhir District (Al-Khidhir) Al-Rumaitha District (Al-Rumaitha) Al-Salman District (Al-Salman) Al-Samawa District (Samawa)
Qadisiyyah Governorate
Afaq District (Afaq) Al-Shamiya District (Al-Shamiya) Diwaniya District (Diwaniya) Hamza District (Hamza)
Babil Governorate
Al-Mahawil District (Al-Mahawil) Al-Musayab District (Al-Musayab) Hashimiya District (Hashimiya) Hilla District (Hilla)
Baghdad Governorate
Abu Ghraib District Al-Adhamiyah District Al-Karkh District Kadhimiya District Al-Mada'in District Mahmudiya District Al-Rasafa District Sadr City 1 District Sadr City 2 District Al Tarmia District
Basra Governorate
Abu Al-Khaseeb District (Abu Al-Khaseeb) Al-Midaina District (Al-Midaina) Al-Qurna District (Al-Qurna) Al-Zubair District (Al-Zubair) Basrah District (Basrah) al-Faw District (al-Faw)
Dhi Qar Governorate
Al-Chibayish District (Al-Chibayish) Al-Rifa'i District (Al-Rifa'i) Al-Shatra District (Al-Shatra) Nassriya District (Nassriya) Suq Al-Shoyokh District (Suq Al-Shoyokh)
Diyala Governorate
Al-Khalis District (Al-Khalis) Al-Muqdadiya District (Al-Muqdadiya) Baladrooz District (Baladrooz) Ba'quba District (Ba'quba) Khanaqin District (Khanaqin) Kifri District (Kifri)
Karbala Governorate
Ain Al-Tamur District (Ayn al-Tamr) Al-Hindiya District (Al-Hindiya) Kerbala District (Kerbala)
Kirkuk Governorate
(From 1976 to mid-2006 called At-Ta'mim) Al-Hawiga District (Al-Hawiga) Daquq District (Daquq) Kirkuk District (Kirkuk) Al-Dibs District (Al-Dibs)
Maysan Governorate
Ali Al-Gharbi District (Ali Al-Gharbi) Al-Kahla District (Al-Kahla) Al-Maimouna District (Al-Maimouna) Al-Mejar Al-Kabi District (Majar al-Kabir) Amara District (Amarah) Qal'at Saleh District (Qal'at Saleh)
Najaf Governorate
Al-Manathera District (Al-Manathera) Kufa District (Kufa) Najaf District (Najaf) Al-Meshkhab District (Al-Meshkhab)
Nineveh Governorate
Note that northern Sinjar, northern Tel Afar, northern Tel Keppe, Akre, and northern Shekhan districts are currently under the Kurdistan Region's de facto control. Al-Ba'aj District (Al-Ba'aj) Al-Hamdaniya District (Bakhdida) Makhmur District (Makhmur) Hatra District (Hatra) Mosul District (Mosul) Sinjar District (Sinjar) Tel Afar District (Tal Afar) Tel Keppe District (Tel Keppe)
Saladin Governorate
Al-Daur District (Al-Daur) Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat) Baiji District (Baiji) Balad District (Balad) Samarra District (Samarra) Tikrit District (Tikrit) Tooz District (Tuz Khurmatu) Dujail District (Dujail)
Wasit Governorate
Al-Aziziyah District (Al-Aziziyah) Al-Hai District (Al-Hai) Al-Na'maniya District (Al-Na'maniya) Al-Suwaira District (Al-Suwaira) Badra District (Badra) Kut District (Kut)
Dohuk Governorate
Dohuk Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. Amadiya District (Amadiya) Dahuk District (Dahuk) Sumel District (Sumel) Zakho District (Zakho) Bardarash District (Bardarash) Akre District (Akre) Shekhan District (Ain Sifni)
Erbil Governorate
Erbil Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region, while the status of the Makhmur District is contested, which is currently under the control of the federal government. Erbil District (71) Koisanjaq District (80) Shaqlawa District (89), cities are Salahaddin and Hareer Soran District (94), cities are Town of Soran, Rawanduz and Diana Makhmur District (claimed by Kurdistan Region) Mergasur District (83) Choman District (66) Erbil Countryside District Taqtaq District (Taqtaq)
Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sulaymaniyah Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. Pshdar District (Qaladiza) Chamchamal District (Chamchamal) Darbandokeh District (Darbandikhan) Dokan District (Dokan) Kalar District (Kalar) Rania District (Rania) Sharbazher District (Sharbazher) Sulaymaniya District (Sulaymaniya) Saidsadiq District (Saidsadiq) Sharazoor District (Halabjay Taza) Penjwin District (Penjwin) Mawat District (Mawat) Qaradagh District (Qaradagh)
Halabja Governorate
Halabja Governorate is part of Kurdistan Region. Halabja Sirwan Khurmal District (Khurmal) Byara District (Byara) Bamo
See also Governorates of Iraq
References
Sources humanitarianinfo district map humanitarianinfo governorate map