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Where is Kurdistan located?

Kurdistan is located in Southwest Asia. The region consists of an extensive area of plateaus and mountains that spreads across eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, 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 and Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region.