Kifri District (Diyala)

Kifri District (Arabic: قضاء كفري) is one of the six districts of Diyala Governorate in Iraq. Its main town is Kifri. The population was estimated at 42,010 in 2003.^[1]

Officially, according to the Federal government of Iraq, Kifri District belongs to Diyala Governorate. However, this district has been de facto split in two between Diyala Governorate and Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Kurdistan Region).

In effect, there exist two "Kifri Districts". There's one "Kifri District" in Diyala Governorate consisting of two subdistricts of Jabara Subdistrict and Qaratappa Subdistrict. There's another "Kifri District" which includes Kifri Central Subdistrict (which includes the capital city Kifri), Kokis Subdistrict, and Sarqala Subdistrict. Under jurisdiction of Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Kurdistan Region), their portion of Kifri District has been expanded to include two additional subdistricts. These are Nawjul Subdistrict (officially according to the Federal government of Iraq part of Tooz District, Saladin Governorate), and Awaspi Subdistrict (created from Rizgari Subdistrict, Kalar District).