Kurdistan
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Summary
Kurdistan is a region[1]. Kurdistan ranks in the top 1% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,206 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Iran[3], Iraq[4], Turkey[5], Syria[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: cultural region[8], great homeland[9], Kurdish-inhabited area[10]
- Commons category: Kurdistan[11]
- Has part(s): Iraqi Kurdistan[12], Iranian Kurdistan[13], Turkish Kurdistan[14], Syrian Kurdistan[15]
- Located in/on physical feature: Middle East[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kurdistan[17]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Kurdistan[18]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], Meyer’s Universum, Achtzehnter Band[27], Stateless Nations: The Kurds in Kurdistan[28]
- Demonym: Coirdíneach[29]
- Native label: Kurdistan[30], کوردستان[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Kurdistan[32]
- Different from: Kurdistan[33]
- Studied by: Kurdish studies[34]
- Language used: Kurdish[35], Arabic[36], Persian[37], Turkish[38]
- Has goal: Kurdistan[39]
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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 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Kurdistan is known by 47 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].