Dohuk Governorate

Dohuk Governorate is a governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. Its capital is the city of Dohuk. It includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Prior to 1976 it was part of Nineveh Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Dohuk Governorate is mainly inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians, with a small number of Yazidis and Armenians. The estimated population in 2015 was 1,423,114.GovernmentGovernor: Farhad Ameen KortêDeputy Governor: Behzad Ali AdamGovernorate Council Chairman (PCC): Fadhil Omer41 total seats33 seats for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)4 seats for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)4 seats for the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)DistrictsDohuk Governorate is divided into seven districts, four of which are officially part of Kurdistan Region, while three others are under de facto control of the Kurdistan Regional Government: