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April 22 (Reuters) – The United Nations has handed Iraq a report on disputed territories that it hopes will help ease Kurdish-Arab tensions over the disputed city of Kirkuk.The following are some facts about the northern city of Kirkuk and the surrounding province:THE CITYKirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, is the capital of Tamim province, which is also know as Kirkuk province Kirkuk sits atop one of Iraq’s key oil producing fields. The Kirkuk fields contain about 13 percent of Iraq’s proven reserves, which are the world’s third largest U.S. officials believe the province could contain 4 percent of the world’s oil reserves The city is one of Iraq’s biggest. It lies just outside the largely autonomous Kurdistan region, which is predominantly Kurdish.KIRKUK’S PEOPLEKurds, Arabs and Turkmen make up Kirkuk’s three main ethnic groups.
The city is also home to Chaldean Catholic Christians and other minorities. Thousands of Arab families moved to Kirkuk in the 1970s and 1980s under former President Saddam Hussein’s “Arabisation” policy, which involved the expulsion of thousands of Kurds and Turkmen. The current size of each ethnic group in Kirkuk is disputed, making population statistics unreliable. Arabs and Turkmen say hundreds of thousands of Kurds have settled in the city since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.THE HEART OF THE DISPUTEKurds consider Kirkuk their ancient capital and want it to become part of Kurdistan.