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Al-Hamdaniya District قضاء الحمدانية Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ
District
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 / 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:

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Duhok Governorate	Akre District (Akre) Amadiya District (Amadiya) Duhok District (Duhok) Simele District (Simele) Zakho District (Zakho)
Erbil Governorate	Choman District (Choman) Erbil District (Erbil) Koy Sinjaq District (Koy Sanjaq) Makhmur District (Makhmur) Mergasor District (Mergasor) Shaqlawa District (Shaqlawa) Soran District (Soran)
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Karbala Governorate	al-Hindiya District (Al-Hindiya) Kerbala District (Karbala) Ain Al-Tamur District (Ayn al-Tamr)
Kirkuk Governorate	Daquq District (Daquq) Dibis District (Dibis) Hawija District (Hawija) Kirkuk District (Kirkuk)
Maysan Governorate	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)
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Nineveh Plains in Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq

Main settlements

Al-Hamdaniya District	Qaraqosh Bartella Karamlesh Bashiqa Bahzani
Tel Kaif District	Tel Keppe Alqosh Batnaya Tesqopa Baqofa Sharafiya Bozan Khatarah
Shekhan District	Ain Sifni Dashqotan Qasrok Ba'adra

Religious sites

Christian

Chaldean Catholic Church	Rabban Hormizd Monastery (640) Mar Oraha Monastery (6th century) Tomb of Prophet Nahum
Syriac Catholic Church	Mar Behnam Monastery (4th century)
Syriac Orthodox Church	Mar Mattai Monastery (363) Monastery of Saint John of Dailam (7th century)

Yazidis

Lalish (1414)

Archaeological sites

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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