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Map showing the location of the Kurdistan region in the Middle East, highlighted in orange. Kurdistan spans parts of eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq, and western Iran, with neighboring countries and major bodies of water such as the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea labeled for reference. An inset globe in the upper left corner indicates the region's position within Asia and Europe. A Kurdish shopkeeper in traditional clothing sits cracking walnuts at a small outdoor table while a woman customer stands nearby in front of a rural shop in Uraman Takht, Iran. Village in Kurdistan Kurdish settlement in southwestern Asia
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Map showing the location of the Kurdistan region in the Middle East, highlighted in orange. Kurdistan spans parts of eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq, and western Iran, with neighboring countries and major bodies of water such as the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea labeled for reference. An inset globe in the upper left corner indicates the region's position within Asia and Europe.
Kurdistan

Kurdistan

region, Asia
Also known as: Kordestān, Kurdistān
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Kurdistan, broadly defined geographic region traditionally inhabited mainly by Kurds. It consists of an extensive plateau and mountain area, spread over large parts of what are now eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and western Iran and smaller parts of northern Syria and Armenia. Two of these countries officially recognize internal entities by this name: Iran’s northwestern province of Kurdistan (also spelled Kordestān) and Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region. The Kurdistan (“Land of the Kurds”) designation refers to...

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