Al-Hamdaniya District Explained

Al-Hamdaniya District
Native Name:	قضاء الحمدانية Syriac: ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕ ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Map:	Iraq
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iraq
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Nineveh, smaller parts in Duhok (de facto)
Seat:	Bakhdida
Parts Type:	Occupation
Parts Style:	para
Area Total Km2:	1,155
Population As Of:	2003
Population Total:	125,665
Timezone:	AST
Utc Offset:	+3

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, (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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Struggle to Exist, Part II: Violence against Assyrian Communities in Nineveh Province’s Disputed Territories. Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 15 December 2016. February 2010.