Where do Kurdish communities mainly live in Iraq?

Kurdish communities in Iraq are primarily concentrated in the northeastern part of the country, specifically within the mountainous region known as Iraqi Kurdistan. This area, which is characterized by the rugged terrain of the Zagros Mountains, is officially recognized as an autonomous federal region under the Iraqi constitution.312

While the majority of the Kurdish population resides in this northern autonomous region, there is also a transition zone between the Kurdish areas in the northeast and the Arab-dominated central and southern parts of Iraq, where a mixed population of Kurds and Arabs lives. Additionally, Kurdish individuals and communities can be found in major urban centers outside of the autonomous region, such as Baghdad, where they form part of the city's diverse ethnic and linguistic makeup.45