Al-Hamdaniya District
District in Iraq
Al-Hamdaniya District قضاء الحمدانية Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ | |
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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
See also
- Assyrian homeland
- Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
- Assyrian settlements
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- al-Chibayish District (Al-Chibayish)
- Nasiriyah District (Nasiriyah)
- al-Rifa'i District (Al-Rifa'i)
- al-Shatrah District (Al-Shatrah)
- Suq al-Shuyukh District (Suq Al-Shoyokh)
- Byara District (Byara)
- Halabja District (Halabja)
- Khurmal District (Khurmal)
- Sirwan District (Sirwan)
- Daquq District (Daquq)
- Dibis District (Dibis)
- Hawija District (Hawija)
- Kirkuk District (Kirkuk)
- Ali Al-Gharbi District (Ali Al-Gharbi)
- Amara District (Amarah)
- al-Kahla District (Al-Kahla)
- al-Maimouna District (Al-Maimouna)
- al-Mejar Al-Kabi District (Al-Mejar Al-Kabi)
- Qal'at Saleh District (Qal'at Saleh)
- al-Khidhir District (Al-Khidhir)
- al-Rumaitha District (Al-Rumaitha)
- al-Salman District (Al-Salman)
- al-Samawa District (Samawah)
- Kufa District (Kufa)
- al-Manathera District (Al-Manathera)
- al-Meshkhab District (Al-Meshkhab)
- Najaf District (Najaf)
- al-Ba'aj District (Al-Ba'aj)
- al-Hamdaniya District (Qaraqosh)
- Hatra District (Al-Hadar)
- Mosul District (Mosul)
- Shekhan District (Ain Sifni)
- Sinjar District (Sinjar)
- Tel Afar District (Tal Afar)
- Tel Kaif District (Tel Keppe)
- Afak District (Afak)
- Diwaniya District (Al Diwaniyah)
- Hamza District (Hamza)
- al-Shamiya District (Al-Shamiya )
- Chamchamal District (Chamchamal)
- Darbandikhan District (Darbandikhan)
- Dokan District (Dokan)
- Kalar District (Kalar)
- Kifri District (Kifri)
- Mawat District (Mawat)
- Penjwen District (Penjwen)
- Pshdar District (Qaladiza)
- Qaradagh District (Qaradagh)
- Ranya District (Ranya)
- Saidsadiq District (Said Sadiq)
- Sharazoor District (Zarayan)
- Sharbazher District (Sharbazher)
- Sulaymaniyah District (Sulaymaniyah)
- Al-Aziziyah District (Al-Aziziyah)
- Badra District (Badra)
- al-Hai District (Al-Hay)
- Kut District (Kut)
- al-Nu'maniya District (Al-Nu'maniya)
- al-Suwaira District (Al-Suwaira)
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.
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