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Erbil (Iraq : Province)

LC control no.n 85346772
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingErbil (Iraq : Province)
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Geographic subdivision usageIraq--Erbil (Province)
Variant(s)Erbil (Iraq : Governorate)
Irbīl (Iraq : Province)
Muḥāfaẓat Irbīl (Iraq)
Arbīl (Iraq : Province)
Muḥāfaẓat Arbīl (Iraq)
Hewlêr (Iraq : Province)
Parêzga-î Hewlêr (Iraq)
Hawler (Iraq : Province)
Liwāʻ Irbīl (Iraq)
Erbil Governorate (Iraq)
Arbil Governorate (Iraq)
محافظة أربيل (Iraq)
أربيل (Iraq : Province)
أربيل (Iraq : Governorate)
Parêzgeha Hewlêr (Iraq)
Other standard no.Q213189
95445
84ae5b08-1d69-455a-aed0-ca794af052b8
1001311
139631733
1333233
Associated countryIraq
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Erbil selected as preferred name for the province in accordance with LC-PCC PS for 16.2.2.3 because it is the conventional name for the city.
Found inBGN, 11/4/86 (Muḥāfaẓat Irbīl (Irbīl=brief], 1st order admin. div., 36°10ʹN, 44°00ʹE)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 36°10ʹ00ʺN 044°00ʹ00ʺE)
GEOnet, December 8, 2020 (Arbīl (approved); Muḥāfaẓat Arbīl (approved); Hewlêr (approved); Parêzga-î Hewlêr (approved); variants: Erbil; Hawler; Irbīl; Liwāʼ Irbīl; Muḥāfaẓat Irbīl; first-order administrative division, Iraq; 36°20ʹ00ʺN, 044°12ʹ00ʺE (36.333333, 44.2))
Wikipedia, December 8, 2020 (Erbil Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أربيل‎ = Muḥāfaẓat Arbīl, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Hewlêr [in roman], sometimes referred to by the alternative spelling Arbil Governorate, is a governorate of Iraq in Iraqi Kurdistan; 36°11ʹN 44°2ʹE)
GeoNames, December 8, 2020 (Erbil; first-order administrative division, Iraq; 36.33333, 44.2; N 36°20ʹ00ʺ E 44°12ʹ00ʺ)
Geographic area codea-iq--- IQ-AR