Mergasor District

Mergasor District (Kurdish: قەزای مێرگەسۆر, romanized: Qezaya Mêrgesorê; Arabic: قضاء ميركسور) is a district in northern Erbil Governorate in Kurdistan Region.

Mergasor District قەزای مێرگەسۆر Qezaya Mêrgesorê
District
Districts of Erbil Governorate (as of 2012)
Country	Iraq
Autonomous region	Kurdistan
Governorate	Erbil Governorate
Seat	Mergasor
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Geography

The district encompasses the five subdistricts Barzan, Goratu, Ble, Piran and Shirawan Mezn, with a total of 252 villages.^[1] It is located in the north of Erbil Governorate, close to the Iranian and Turkish borders.^[2][3]

Mount Butin, Pendro

Demographics

Mergasor District is populated by Barzani Kurds which consist of the Sherwani, Muzuri, Beroji, Nizari, Dolomari, Herki bneji and Gerdi tribes, Moreover, there is one Assyrian village named Bedyal. Religiously, the district is around 99.9% Muslim and 0.1% Christian.^[1]