As of march 12, 20 the kurdistan regional government krg has exercised its option to acquire a 25% government interest of the atrush field according to the psc contract. In the absence of a national hydrocarbon framework, the kurdistan regional parliament passed a regional oil law in 2007 as legal basis for its energy industry. Kurdistan which is not a recognized country but divided amount the countries listed above is an area of 230,000 square miles, an area about as big as texas. Ocha coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. Elen aghekyan, jennifer dunham, shannon otoole, sarah repucci, and vanessa tucker. Pdf in all countries, an accurate geologic map is needed to understand the earths resources. Geographical distribution of iraqi oil fields and its relation with the new constitution kamil almehaidi. The isf continued to advance north from qayyarah towards southwestern mosul, but have yet to breach the city limits there. But in december 2015, as part of chevrons social investment in the kurdistan region, beekeeping supplies, equipment and modern apiculture training were provided to families from local villages. The lands comprising kurdistan include parts of eastern turkey, northern iraq, northwestern iran and northern syria, which are inhabited mainly by kurds. Kurdistan is not a country, but the map of the kurdish region includes the geographical region in the middle east wherein the kurdish people have historically established a prominent population and unified cultural identity a people without a home. Convertio advanced online tool that solving any problems with any files.
This page shows the location of iraqi kurdistan, erbil, iraq on a detailed road map. For access off the campus please consult with library staff or see the library guide. When they are completed the provinces oil and gas wealth distribution map may. These metadata fields contain personal information about the openstreetmap contributors and are subject to data protection regulations in the european union. Although federal interdependencies recommend a commonpool approach for the integrated management of water resources in the country, both legal and hydrogeological. Additionally, the sulaimaniya province possesses two large gas fields, chemchemal and kormor. Kaya a thesis submitted to the department of international relations of the london school of economics for the degree of doctor of philosophy, london, june 2012. Iraqi kurdistan region ikr 0 40 80 miles 0 75 150 km the boundaries and names used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the u. Kurdistan regions boundary international boundary governorate boundary district boundary turkya i r a n the map of districts of kurdistan region kurdistan region statistics office o t h e r g o v e r n o r a t e s o f i r a q.
The region has seen heavy migration and multiple government e. It is worth pointing out that the region of kurdistan, in its current borders, possesses 5 oil fields, including the khurmala dome, which is the northern extension of. This service is ip authenticated and accessible only within the university. Since 2003 iraqi kurdistan has enjoyed federal status within iraq, but still over 40% of the land of south kurdistan remains under the control of the baghdad government. Staley smith, michael momayezi and isw iraq team 2016 by the institute for the study of war 15, 2016 the iraqi security forces isf continued operations to retake mosul and its environs, consolidating gains along its five axes before. It borders iran to the east, turkey to the north, syria to the west and the rest of iraq to the south. Iraqi kurdistan or the kurdistan region is an autonomous region of iraq. Security risk forecast security risk evaluates threats to the.
Country profile map, cia, january 2003 165k and pdf format 164k kurdish lands from iraq. Kurdistan,who are the kurdish and where do they live. Map depicting various territorial claims of kurdistan. Freedom in the world 2017 table of contents on the cover.
Koohzad figure 1 is a world map drafted by mahmud ibn hussein ibn muhammad al kashghari 10051102. Water resources management in the kurdistan region of iraq. We have published on the country page usually the population density of the country, the mostly interesting thematic map. Hydrocarbon resources have been a key part of developing its economy and making the kri important to its. Iraq kurdistan region of iraq for humanitarian purposes. The updating of the geological map of sulaimaniyah quadrangle at scale of 1. The political geography of kurdistan article pdf available in eurasian geography and economics 434. General information unbelievable kurdistan official. Iraq control map form 2020, showing where isis is still.
The 45 million kurds lived on their ancestral lands of kurdistan for many thousands of years. Borders of kurdistan region in 2012 according to kurdistan region statistics office web site and main cities and towns in the region. No national and democratic rights are given to the kurdish people as a whole. No national and democratic rights are given to the kurdish people as a. This survey was initially intended as a response to the influx of refugees but was widened to include the areas. Revenue sharing case study oil and gas revenue sharing in iraq. Kurdistan or greater kurdistan is a roughly defined geocultural historical region wherein the.
Although challenged by damage to our society and infrastructure from years of war, genocide, forced displacement, and the destruction of more than 4,000 villages at the hand of the previous iraqi. The region is officially governed by the kurdistan regional government. A map folio, cia, 1992 235k babylon from iraq and the persian gulf. Oil and gas revenue sharing in iraq summary this study provides an overview of iraqs oil and gas revenue sharing, that is, the revenue that the iraq national government earns from extraction and then redistributes to subnationalprovincial and regionalgovernments.
Best way to convert your pdf to map file in seconds. Geographical distribution of iraqi oil fields and its. Puk peshmerga control zone iraqi kurdish map legend kdp peshmergaheld location iraqi kurdistan regions under peshmerga control mixed puk peshmergamilitia controlled location populated areas under kdp. Rather, they take advantage of those tensions to pursue their own interests. Kurdistan maps, map, carte, maps of kurdistan kurdistan map, people map, carte of kurdistan. Abdullah ocalan the road map to democratization of turkey and solution to the kurdish question summary published by the international initiative freedom for abdullah ocalan peace in kurdistan. Once you have saved a map on scribble maps you can easily retrieve a adobe acrobat pdf of the map. The state of iraq carnegie endowment for international peace. See the articles on turkey, western iran and syria for information regarding the other regions of kurdistan. If you would like to contribute data please contact us. From street and road map to highresolution satellite imagery of kurdistan. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all. The syrian civil war placed the syrian kurds on the regional map as they managed to occupy and control some of the northern parts of the country.
See the library guide ebscohost academic search premier this has nearly 4700 fulltext journals. The designations and the presentation of this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the jhic concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city. A later use of the term kurdistan is found in empire of trebizond documents in 36 and in. That means that kurdistans currently known oil reserves represent about 3% of the total. A vision for the future iii the kurdistan region of iraq has achieved dramatic development in the past decade. In spite of the francobritish omission, the paris peace conference of 19191920 has offered a chance to the kurdish nationalists. Iraqi map collection the university of texas has made available on the internet a long list of. Iraqi kurdistan kurdistan refers to portions of turkey, iraq, iran and syria, however only the iraqi region of kurdistan is discussed here. The openstreetmap data files provided on this server do not contain the user names, user ids and changeset ids of the osm objects. Kurdistan region of iraq since the removal of the saddam hussein regime, the krg, in control of the kurdistan region of iraq kri, has sought to increase its autonomy and move closer to potential independence. The history of kurds is often compared with the history of the polish nation under rules of germany, russia and austria in 19th century. Among iraqs neighbors, turkey is the country that has played the most. Train specialized personnel to survey and map hydrogeological resources in the kri institutional capacity building. Kurds live in a mountainous area of eastern turkey, northern iraq, northwestern iran, and small parts of northern syria and armenia.
Bee colonies in the kurdistan region of iraq have had a rocky past. Kurdistan kurdistan kurdistan is an extensive plateau and mountainous area in middle east, inhabited mainly by kurds. Kurdistans name put on a world map by a turk in arabic in bagdad in 1072 a political cartography approach by dr. Download free iraq mapsfree map downloadsfree world country map downloadssponsors. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. The almost three million kurdish tribesmen of turkey, iran, iraq, and syria con stitute a factor of. It was discovered by the consortium of general exploration partners. Kurds are predominantly indoeuropean and speak a language in the indoiranian branch of the indoeuropean language family. Put on a world map by a turk in arabic in bagdad in 1072 a. Turkey nakhchivan azerbaijan cyprus lebanon syria jordan israel palestinian territories egypt libya tunisia algeria morocco western sahara sudan south sudan. More specifically, these maps frequently marginalized the kurds by questioning their geopolitical. Kurdistan, the iraqi government, the us, iran, and other countries all worked very hard to obliterate the isis military forces from 2014 to 2018, so thats why isis doesnt control much of any territory anymore. Borders of kurdistan region in 2012 according to kurdistan region. Note that maps may not appear on the webpage in their full size and resolution.
Kurdistan, compared to 51 percent in shangal mountain and 69% in sinune. Kurdish areas in the middle east and the soviet union 1986 254k kurdish areas of northern iraq from iraq. Iraq administrative level 03 boundaries humanitarian data. Atrush field is a jurassic fractured carbonate oilfield near dohuk, iraqi kurdistan. Pdf the political geography of kurdistan researchgate. It can be seen in the enclosed map that there are several joint. To be more precise, the kurds are kind of mixture between the khurrites hurrians who lived in northernmesopotamia almost 5000 years ago and the. They even sparked global interest when they proved to be the most effective and loyal middle eastern allies to the americanled.
But the real power of our offer consists in the display of your own data, drawing so your own ma so it works. It details the premium hotels, restaurants, health clubs, luxury brands, and shopping centers of the region. To save the maps to your computer, rightclick on the link. Iraq blobby map 15 dec 2016 pdf institute for the study of war. Cartographically constructing kurdistan within geopolitical and. Kurdistan has been semiautonomous since 1992, and the krg wants to preserve its selfgovernance.
Kurdistan petroleum law august 2007 defers to and is compliant with iraq constitution permitting psas in the kurdistan region 300 km map source. It covers large parts of eastern turkey, northern iraq, northwestern iran and smaller parts of northern syria and armenia. It roughly includes zagros and eastern taurus mountain ranges. Freedom in the world 2017 map 12 freedom in the world 2017 trend arrows 19 freedom in the world 2017 scores 20 the following people were instrumental in the writing of this essay. Download free shapefiles layers of iraq gis english. The regional capital is erbil, also known as hawler.
Many of these areas are ethnically mixed, and reliable data are hard to obtain. Gis data are open source files containing spatial datasets recommended by esoc. Please visit the corresponding page price of a thematic map is visible on the corresponding country page. Iraq kurdistan region of iraq as of february 2017 file. The supermajority of the kurdish participants in all of iraqi kurdistan southern kurdistan. Kurdistans target audience is prominent business community visiting kurdistan. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license.
Kurdistan, kurdish nationalism and international society by zeynep n. District centere zakho amedi semel duhok shekhan akre mergasur soran choman r aw nduz khabat sh aql w bardarash. Areas north of the mountain have been under mixed peshmerga and pkk control since before the sinjar operation, which isw is retrospectively representing on this map. Under the control of turkey, iran, iraq and syria, the division of kurdistan into four parts. The battles over kurdistan, whose oral history was versified in the kurdish epic, mem u zin, by ehmede khani in the late 16th century, did sharpen a feature of kurdish identity that would continue to take shape through subsequent centuries, and exists even today. The federal government has been using old laws and regulations to. A map folio, cia, 1992 319k kurdish lands location map from iraq. Kurdistan region areas of heightened maritime risk. Iraqi kurdish map legend institute for the study of war. Ongoing usg humanitarian assistance iraq complex emergency last updated. Kurdish areas map legend institute for the study of war.
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