Kurdistan

Summary

Kurdistan is a region^[1]. Kurdistan ranks in the top 1% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,809 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kurdistan is in the country of Iran^[3].
• Kurdistan is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Kurdistan is in the country of Turkey^[5].
• Kurdistan is in the country of Syria^[6].
• Kurdistan is on the continent of Asia^[7].
• Kurdistan's instance of is recorded as region^[8].
• Kurdistan's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[9].
• Kurdistan's instance of is recorded as great homeland^[10].
• Kurdistan's instance of is recorded as Kurdish-inhabited area^[11].
• Kurdistan's Commons category is recorded as Kurdistan^[12].
• Kurdistan comprises Iraqi Kurdistan^[13].
• Kurdistan comprises Iranian Kurdistan^[14].
• Kurdistan comprises Turkish Kurdistan^[15].
• Kurdistan comprises Syrian Kurdistan^[16].
• Kurdistan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.558513, 'lon': 43.54980469}^[17].
• Kurdistan's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Middle East^[18].
• Kurdistan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kurdistan^[19].
• Kurdistan's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Kurdistan^[20].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[21].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[23].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Kurdistan's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Iran^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Iran^[29], founded in 1979^[30]; Iraq^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Iraq^[32], founded in 1932^[33]; Turkey^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Turkey^[35], founded in 1923^[36]; and Syria^[6], a country^[37], in Syria^[38], founded in 1920^[39]. Kurdistan is on the continent of Asia^[7].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region^[8], cultural region^[9], great homeland^[10], and Kurdish-inhabited area^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kurdistan include Kurdistan Region of Iraq^[40], an autonomous region^[41], in Iraq^[42], founded in 1991^[43] and Kurdistan Freedom Falcons^[44], a terrorist organization^[45], in Turkey^[46], founded in 2004^[47].

Why It Matters

Kurdistan ranks in the top 1% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,809 views/month).^[2] Kurdistan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Kurdistan is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for Kurdistan include Kurdistan Region of Iraq^[40], an autonomous region^[41], in Iraq^[42], founded in 1991^[43] and Kurdistan Freedom Falcons^[44], a terrorist organization^[45], in Turkey^[46], founded in 2004^[47].