Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region wherein the Kurdish people form a prominent majority population. With a population of about 32 million, Kurds are the world’s largest nation without a state. They are spread across 8 countries, where the Kurds have often fought for greater recognition of their rights. At present, Kurds are largely exercising political autonomy in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) and Başûrê Kurdistanê (Iraqi Kurdistan) while continuing to battle the Islamic State.
The Decolonial Atlas’ Kurdistan map by Jordan Engel can be reused under the Decolonial Media License 0.1.
Below is a list of place names found on this map.
| English | Kurdî (Kurdish) |
| Al-Hasakah, Syria | Hesîçe |
| Aleppo, Syria | Heleb |
| Ankara, Turkey | Enqere |
| Arak, Iran | Erak |
| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Aşgabat |
| Baghdad, Iraq | Bexda |
| Batman, Turkey | Êlih |
| Bitlis, Turkey | Bidlîs |
| Diyarbakır, Turkey | Amed |
| Dohuk, Iraq | Dihok |
| Erbil, Iraq | Hewlêr |
| Erzurum, Turkey | Erzîrom |
| Gaziantep, Turkey | Dîlok |
| Kahramanmaraş, Turkey | Gurgum |
| Kars, Turkey | Qers |
| Kermanshah, Iran | Kirmaşan |
| Khorramabad, Iran | Xurramawe |
| Kirkuk, Iraq | Kerkûk |
| Malatya, Turkey | Meletî |
| Mardin, Turkey | Mêrdîn |
| Mashhad, Iran | Meşhed |
| Mosul, Iraq | Mûsil |
| Muş, Turkey | Mûş |
| Sanandaj, Iran | Sine |
| Şanlıurfa, Turkey | Riha |
| Siirt, Turkey | Sêrt |
| Sivas, Turkey | Sêwas |
| Sulaymaniyah, Iraq | Silêmanî |
| Tabriz, Iran | Tewrêz |
| Tehran, Iran | Tehran |
| Urmia, Iran | Ûrmiye |
| Van, Turkey | Wan |
| Yerevan, Armenia | Êrîvan |
| Mount Ararat | Çiyayê Agirî |
| Armenia | Ermenistan |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaycan |
| Georgia | Gurcistan |
| Iran | Îran |
| Iraq | Îraq |
| Kurdistan | Kurdistan |
| Syria | Sûrî |
| Turkey | Tirkiye |
| Turkmenistan | Tirkmenistan |
| Black Sea | Deryaya Reş |
| Caspian Sea | Deryaya Qezwînê |
| Euphrates River | Firat |
| Lake Urmia | Gola Ûrmiyeyê |
| Lake Van | Gola Wanê |
| Mediterranean Sea | Deryaya Navîn |
| Persian Gulf | Kendava Farsê |
| Tigris River | Dîcle |
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Hi Jordan, this is a great map!
I wonder if you have the same with English names. I would like to include it my research paper. Please let me know.
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Why don’t you refer your inquiry to CiA, knows the best..
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What do you mean?
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Very interesting, didn’t realise the Kurds were split across quite so many countries and outlying areas. Nice map.
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