The Middle East: Ethnic Map

[ModernMaskil]

To make my own contribution if you plan on updating, the Israeli Galil/North District is majority Arab.

[Halgurd]

Much as I'd like them to be, they aren't the majority in any region, including Al-Hasakah where they're placed in the map.

That's a big flaw of this map. Assyrians form a majority in areas such as Alqosh and Ainkawa but this map is mostly focusing on the demographics of provincial boundaries which cannot be done in the Middle East.

Kurds form a majority in many parts of Maras, West Azerbaijan, Adiyaman. Also the main ethnic group in Kirkuk province is Kurdish, followed by Arabs who are mostly located in the south western Hawija district followed by Turkmens who mostly reside within the city. Turkmens are also a majority in Tal Afar.

[Dr_Maul]

Also I don't know if you have the ability to split provinces
If so you might want to split West Azerbaijan into Kurdish/Azeri parts

[Kyp]

To make my own contribution if you plan on updating, the Israeli Galil/North District is majority Arab.

That's a big flaw of this map. Assyrians form a majority in areas such as Alqosh and Ainkawa but this map is mostly focusing on the demographics of provincial boundaries which cannot be done in the Middle East.

Kurds form a majority in many parts of Maras, West Azerbaijan, Adiyaman. Also the main ethnic group in Kirkuk province is Kurdish, followed by Arabs who are mostly located in the south western Hawija district followed by Turkmens who mostly reside within the city. Turkmens are also a majority in Tal Afar.

Also I don't know if you have the ability to split provinces
If so you might want to split West Azerbaijan into Kurdish/Azeri parts

fixed (I can't split it manually though. It will make the split randomly.)
I'm only willing to do it when there is no majority. Otherwise the map will never be finished.

I've also now put "Majorites:" in front of the ethnic groups to make clear what the subject of the map is.

[Dr_Maul]

fixed (I can't split it manually though. It will make the split randomly.)
I'm only willing to do it when there is no majority. Otherwise the map will never be finished.

I've also now put "Majorites:" in front of the ethnic groups to make clear what the subject of the map is.

Ok in that case honestly you should just make it back to Azeri because the mixed version is an abomination

[Kyp]

Ok in that case honestly you should just make it back to Azeri because the mixed version is an abomination

Any data on what the actualy majority is in West Azerbaijan? I've read that Kurds make a lot more kids than the Azerbaijani population.

[Dr_Maul]

Any data on what the actualy majority is in West Azerbaijan? I've read that Kurds make a lot more kids than the Azerbaijani population.

Not sure, as you know Iran is bad when it comes to this stuff
In terms of the majority, I know that in terms of raw population there are much more Azeris. Urmia and eastern parts near Tabriz are basically fully Azeri and that is something like 60-70% of the population. However in terms of Geography the entire western half and southern parts are Kurdish villages. So idk how you want to put that in your map. More % of the geography is Kurdish but there are more Azeris overall.
Also, I assume you can't change this, but the province map used for Iran is from 2004 and not the updated version which has changes to Khorasan from 2011-2014.

[PaleoEuropean]

Very nice job. I think you forgot the abkhazians and ossetians in georgia.

The Caucus isn't the middle east though

[RatCat]

The Caucus isn't the middle east though

Some consider it middle-east, some not. Kyp included it in his map so i said it.

[Kyp]

The Caucus isn't the middle east though

Some consider it middle-east, some not. Kyp included it in his map so i said it.

I didn't include it. It was there in the template that's why I filled it out. But the definition of the middle-east sucks anyway. Why Armenia and Azerbaijan are not included in the Middle-East usually? Makes no sense geographically and historically. Just because it doesn't fit the stereotype of a bedouin camel-riding suicide bomber it is not a reason to exclude it from it's own territory (to me at least).