Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Sulaymaniyah Governorate Kurdish: پارێزگای سلێمانی Arabic: محافظة السليمانية
Governorate
Top-bottom, R-L: View over Suleymaniyah Sulaymaniyah Museum • Sherwana Castle Roman amphitheater • Sharafkhan Bidlisi statue Suleymaniyah at night Clockwise, from left: Sulaymaniyah with Dukan Lake, Halabja and Ranya
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Location of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate (red) – in Iraq (red, beige & light grey) – in the Kurdistan Region  (red & beige)
Sulaymaniyah Governorate within the Kurdistan Region[1]
Coordinates: 35°31′N 45°19′E / 35.517°N 45.317°E / 35.517; 45.317
Country	Iraq
Autonomous region	Kurdistan Region
Capital	Sulaymaniyah
Area
• Total	20,143.91 km2 (7,777.61 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,250,000
HDI (2021)	0.704[2] high · 2nd of 18
Website	www.slemani.gov.krd

Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Sorani Kurdish: پارێزگای سلێمانی; Kurmanji Kurdish: Parêzgeha Silêmaniyê;^[3][4] Arabic: محافظة السليمانية) or Sulaymaniyah Province is a mountainous governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its largest city is Sulaymaniyah. Halabja Governorate was formerly the Halabja District of Sulaymaniyah, until it became a separate governorate in 2014.