Dahuk (also referred to as Dohuk) (Arabic: دهوك , Kurdish: Duhok) is one of the governorates of Iraq. It is in the north of the country, within the Kurdish Autonomous Region. Its capital is Dahuk city. It also includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Image File history File links IraqDahuk. ... Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Kurdish languages (Kurdî ) belonging to the Indo-European languages family, are spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran (Persia), Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... Iraq is divided into 18 governorates or provinces, called muhafazat in Arabic (singular - muhafazah): The current set of governorates were established in 1976. ... The Kurdish Autonomous Region (Başûrê Kurdistanê in Kurdish) is a political entity established in 1970 following the agreement of an Autonomy Accord between the government of Iraq and leaders of the Iraqi Kurdish community. ... Dohuk is a town in Iraq. ... Zakho (Kurdish: Zaxo,Arabic: زاخو) is a city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, near the border with Turkey. ...
During the 1991 Gulf War, the capital was abandoned and occupied by the Iraqi army, hostile to the local Kurd population. Dohuk is currently thriving under the new post-Saddam government.
In the three northern governorates of Dahuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, WHO considers that the delivery of commodities from the central warehouse in Baghdad continues to be carried out in a timely manner.
In the northern governorates it is estimated that an additional $54 million for phase III is required in order to improve the sanitary and hygienic conditions for urban, semi-urban and rural/ farming communities.
In the northern governorates of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, generating capacity is dependent upon two hydropower plants where generated power is limited by the availability of water and by irrigation requirements as well as the conditions of both the dams and generating units, as noted earlier in this report.
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