Dohuk Governorate

Dohuk Governorate (Arabic: دهوك Dahūk‎, Kurdish: Dihok) (or Duhok Province) is one of the governorates of Iraq. It is in the north of the country in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Its capital is the city of Duhok. It also includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Prior to 1976 it was part of Ninawa Governorate, which was called Mosul Governorate. Duhok Governorate is mainly inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians