Iraq Administrative Divisions / العراق

Overview

Item	Details
Governorate	18
District	101
Sub-district	294
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-02
Website	openadmindata.org/iq
API	openadmindata.org/api/iq

Browse by Governorate

#	Governorate	Districts	Sub-districts	Link
1	الانبار (Al-Anbar)	7	20	Browse
2	البصرة (Al-Basrah)	7	18	Browse
3	المثنى (Al-Muthanna)	4	8	Browse
4	النجف (Al-Najaf)	3	6	Browse
5	القادسية (Al-Qadissiya)	4	13	Browse
6	السليمانية (Al-Sulaymaniyah)	10	29	Browse
7	بابل (Babil)	4	11	Browse
8	بغداد (Baghdad)	7	21	Browse
9	ديالى (Diyala)	6	21	Browse
10	دهوك (Duhok)	4	14	Browse
11	اربيل (Erbil)	6	21	Browse
12	كربلاء (Kerbala)	3	5	Browse
13	كركوك (Kirkuk)	4	16	Browse
14	ميسان (Maysan)	6	12	Browse
15	نينوى (Ninewa)	9	28	Browse
16	صلاح الدين (Salah Al-Din)	7	19	Browse
17	ذي قار (Thi Qar)	5	18	Browse
18	واسط (Wassit)	5	14	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-governorate.json	JSON	All 18 governorate records
all-district.json	JSON	All 101 district records
all-subdistrict.json	JSON	All 294 sub-district records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-governorate.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['district']} districts")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-governorate.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} governorates`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=governorate, 2=district, 3=sub-district
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{governorate-slug}/
divisions/{governorate-slug}/{district-slug}/

Sub-districts are listed inline in each district's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-governorate links
• Per-governorate data — Full data by governorate

Citation

Iraq Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/iraq-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country