Kurdish and mixed urban settlements above 100,000 in Syria and Iraq Fourteen population-scaled city circles appear over the demographic map; nineteen towns of 50,000–99,999 can be switched on. Gold marks Kurdish-majority cities; coral marks mixed cities with a major Kurdish community.

Demography · Iraq & Syria

Kurdish and mixed cities over 100,000

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Kurdish-majority Mixed, major Kurdish community size = population Area key

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Circle size is scaled monotonically to the working urban population: larger cities have larger circles. Gold identifies Kurdish-majority cities; coral identifies genuinely mixed cities where Kurds are one of the major city-wide communities.

Figures are working 2024–26 urban estimates and do not use district totals. Afrin is shown as a range reflecting post-2024 returns; Akre is the least certain Iraqi case near the 100,000 threshold. The demographic polygons remain contextual and must not be read as population shares.

Towns of 50,000–99,999 can be switched on with “Show towns 50–100k”. They use the 2023 official urban counts, or the UN 2025 spatial urban-agglomeration figures where municipal limits understate a continuous built-up area.