Arbil Governorate

Arbil Governorate (Arabic: أربيل Arbīl‎, Kurdish: Hawler, Syriac: ܐܪܒܝܠ Arbel, Turkmen: Erbil) (or Arbil Province) is one of the provinces of Iraq, located in the autonomous Kurdistan Region. It derives its name from the city of Arbil, which is also its capital. The province of Arbil covers an area of 15,074 square kilometres (5,820 sq mi) in the north of Iraq, with an estimated population (in 2003) of 1,314,000 people. It is largely populated by Kurds but has minority populations of Assyrians, Iraqi Arabs, and Iraqi Turkmen(تركمان)... There are many national and international banks operating in Arbil offering citizens and visitors services, including but not limited to: