The Kurdistan Region with official autonomous status is located in Iraq.
📍 Details:
- Country: Iraq
- Region name: Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)
- Capital: Erbil (Hewlêr)
- Official Status: Recognized as an autonomous region in the Iraqi Constitution (2005)
- Governance: Has its own parliament, president, military forces (Peshmerga), and official language (Kurdish) alongside Arabic
🧭 Bonus info:
- While Kurdish populations also live in Turkey, Iran, and Syria, only in Iraq do they have a formally recognized autonomous region.