Kirkuk or Tamim Governorate (before the 2003 invasion of Iraq)
In Arabic, the Kirkuk Governorate or Tamim Governorate (before the invasion of Iraq in 2003) in Kurdish (Parێzgai rkuk) in Syriac (ܣܠܘܟ ܣܠܘܟ) in Turkmen (Kerkük ili) is a governorate in the heart of northern Iraq. It is inhabited by a mixture of Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians and Kurds