Al-Hamdaniya District

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. The district as well as the districts of Tel Keppe and Shekhan make up the Nineveh Plains region.

Al-Hamdaniya District قضاء الحمدانية Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ
District
Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa
Al-Hamdaniya District
Coordinates: 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 is divided between four sub-districts:^[1]

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

Towns and villages include:

• Bakhdida (Qaraqosh)
• Bashiqa
• Bahzani
• Bartella
• Karamlesh
• Balawat
• Khedr Ilias

See also

• Assyrian homeland
• Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
• Assyrian settlements