Al-Hamdaniya District
Al-Hamdaniya District
Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ | |
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Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Nineveh |
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 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,
- 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
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.