Al-Hamdaniya District
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 Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa | |
  Al-Hamdaniya District | |
| Coordinates: 36°16′17″N 43°22′25″E / 36.2714°N 43.3737°E | |
| 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:
- ^ "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.