Al-Hamdaniya District (also known as Bakhdida District; Arabic: قضاء الحمدانية; Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܩܐ ܕ ܒܓ݂ܕܝܕܐ) is a district in the north-east of the Nineveh Governorate (Ninawa) of Iraq.

Al-Hamdaniya District
قضاء الحمدانية
Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ
Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa
Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa
Al-Hamdaniya District is located in Iraq
Al-Hamdaniya District
Al-Hamdaniya District
Coordinates: 36°16′17″N 43°22′25″E / 36.2714°N 43.3737°E / 36.2714; 43.3737
CountryIraq
GovernorateNineveh, smaller parts in Duhok (de facto)
SeatBakhdida
Area
 • Total1,155 km2 (446 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)[citation needed]
 • Total125,665
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Al-Hamdaniya District is divided between four sub-districts:[1]

  • Aski Kalak (Khabat) Sub-District, mostly Kurdish, some Assyrians and Yazidis, (de facto or even unofficial part of Aqrah district).
  • al-Namrud (al-Khidhr) Sub-District, mostly Arab and Turkmen, some Kaka'is, Shabak and Assyrian,
  • Bartillah (Baritleh) Sub-District, mostly Assyrian, some Shabak, Arab and Turkmen,
  • Qaraqosh (Bakhdida) Sub-District, mostly Assyrians, some Arabs, Shabak, Turkmen and Kaka'is.

Towns and villages include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Struggle to Exist, Part II: Violence against Assyrian Communities in Nineveh Province's Disputed Territories" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.