Kirkuk is a major city in northern Iraq, capital of Kirkuk Governorate, home to a mixed population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs. Its population was about 1.25 million in 2024. Sitting atop major oil reserves near the historic Baba Gurgur oil field, Kirkuk is one of Iraq's constitutionally disputed territories, with a referendum meant to determine whether it should join the Kurdistan Region or remain under central Iraqi authority never completed since it was called for in 2007; Kurdish leaders have described it as the "Jerusalem of Kurdistan."
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Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Kirkuk - GeoNames
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1. Kirkuk (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population
Total 1,249,197 (2024)
Infobox, Elevation
Elevation 350 m (1,150 ft)
Infobox, coordinates
35.46667°N 44.31667°E / 35.46667; 44.31667
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.4667,44.3167
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 304.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 44.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 44.25
35.25 44.25 BSh
4. GeoNames: Kirkuk - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 94787
35.46806 44.39222 P PPLA IQ 13 94786 1031000 346 Asia/Baghdad
Capital Of: Kirkuk Governorate, cities500 record 94787, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 13)
35.46806 44.39222 P PPLA IQ 13 94786 1031000 346 Asia/Baghdad
View the Source Wikidata: Kirkuk
- Wikidata Q173310, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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