Kurdish region

Kurdistan
کوردستان

Kurdish-inhabited areas (1992)
Language	Kurdish
Location	Upper Mesopotamia, and the Zagros Mountains, including parts of Eastern Anatolia Region (Armenian Highlands) and southeastern Anatolia, northern Syria, northern Iraq, and the northwestern Iranian Plateau.
Parts	Northern Kurdistan (Turkey) Southern Kurdistan (Iraq) Eastern Kurdistan (Iran) Western Kurdistan (Syria)
Countries	Turkey  Iraq  Iran  Syria
Area (est.)	190,000–390,000 km²–500,000 km² 74,000–151,000 sq. mi
Population	36.4 million (2016 estimate)
Largest cities	Erbil (Hawler) Diyarbakır (Amed) Kermanshah (Kirmashan) Kirkuk (Kerkuk) Sulaymaniyah (Slemani) Urfa (Riha) Sanandaj (Sine) Van (Wan)
Internet TLD	.krd

Coordinates: 37°00′N 43°00′E / 37.000°N 43.000°E / 37.000; 43.000

Kurdistan (/ˌkɜːrdɪˈstæn/ or /ˌkɜːrdɪˈstɑːn/) (Kurdish: کوردستان‬; [ˌkʊɾdɯˈstɑːn] ( listen); lit. "homeland of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region wherein the Kurdish people form a prominent majority population and Kurdish culture, languages and national identity have historically been based. Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges. The territory corresponds to Kurdish irredentist claims.

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