Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan is an unofficial term commonly used within Kurdish nationalist circles when referring to a roughly defined area in northern-Iraq inhabited by Kurdish-speaking people. The proponents of Kurdish nationalism consider Iraqi Kurdistan, together with Turkish Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan, and Iranian Kurdistan as collectively for…Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan is an unofficial term commonly used within Kurdish nationalist circles when referring to a roughly defined area in northern-Iraq inhabited by Kurdish-speaking people. The proponents of Kurdish nationalism consider Iraqi Kurdistan, together with Turkish Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan, and Iranian Kurdistan as collectively forming Greater Kurdistan. Much of the geographical region of Iraqi Kurdistan is part of Kurdistan Region, a semi-autonomous region within the Republic of Iraq. As with the rest of Kurdistan, and unlike most of the rest of Iraq, the region is inland and mountainous.
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