| Shekhan District | |
| Other Name: | قەزای شێخان |
| Native Name: | قضاء شيخان |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Iraq |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nineveh Governorate (de jure), Duhok Governorate (de facto) |
| Established Title: | founded |
| Area Total Km2: | 1259 |
| Population As Of: | 2003 |
| Population Footnotes: | WFP program estimation |
| Population Total: | 90590 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
The Shekhan District (Kurdish: قەزای شێخان|Qeza Şêxan) is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni.[1] [2]
It is bordered by the Amadiya and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre District to the east, Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west. Baadre, considered the political capital of the Yazidis, is also in this district.
The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924.[2] After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.[3] [4]
It is mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian minority.[5]