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 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:
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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.