Al-Hamdaniya District

District in Iraq

Al-Hamdaniya District قضاء الحمدانية Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ
District
Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa
36°16′17″N 43°22′25″E / 36.2714°N 43.3737°E / 36.2714; 43.3737
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh, smaller parts in Duhok (de facto)
Seat	Bakhdida
Area
• Total	1,155 km² (446 sq mi)
Population (2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Total	125,665
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

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 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:

Bashiqa
Bahzani
Bakhdida
Bartella
Karemlash
Balawat

References

^ "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.