Dahuk (also Dohuk or Duhok, Kurdish: دهۆك, Duhok, traditionally in Kurdish: Sind, Assyrian: ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Nohadra, [ دهوك) is one of the governorates of Iraq. It is in the north of the country, within the Kurdish Autonomous Region. Its capital is Dahuk city. It also includes the city of Zakho, which has at various times served as a checkpoint for the border with Turkey. Prior to 1976 it was part of Ninawa Governorate, which was called Mosul Province.