Al-Hamdaniya District (also known as Bakhdida District; ; ) 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: 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) Tahrawa Bashiqa Bahzani Bartella Karamlesh Balawat Khedr Ilias

See also

Assyrian homeland Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq Assyrian settlements

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