Kurdish-inhabited areas, according to the CIA.
<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background: #218439;color:#202122;text-align:center;" title="#218439"> </div> <b>(Green)</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan" class="extiw" title="w:Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a>.</div><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background: #CCCED1;color:#202122;text-align:center;" title="#CCCED1"> </div> <b>(Light-gray)</b> The surrounding region.</div>
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<p>This map is uses an orthographic projection and follows the following standards:
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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_Maps/Conventions/Orthographic_maps" class="extiw" title="w:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Orthographic maps">WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Orthographic maps</a></li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toolbox_SVG_locator_maps_(location_map_based)-en.svg" title="File:Toolbox SVG locator maps (location map based)-en.svg">Toolbox SVG locator maps (location map based)-en.svg</a></li></ul>
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<p>Own work  using:
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<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_(1992)_box_inset_removed.jpg" title="File:Kurdish-inhabited area by CIA (1992) box inset removed.jpg">1992 CIA map</a></li></ul>