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Hawija District

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Country
  
Iraq

Seat
  
Hawija

Time zone
  
AST (UTC+3)

Governorate
  
Kirkuk

Population (2003)
  
151,267

Area code
  
+964 50

Hawija District

Hawija District (Arabic: قضاء الحويجة‎, qaḍāʾ al-Ḥawīǧa‎) is a district in southern Kirkuk Governorate, northern Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Hawija.

Hawija district has approximately 150,000 inhabitants, the vast majority of them Sunni Arabs, with the rest being Shia Turkomans and Kaka'i Kurds. Most of the inhabitants live in rural areas.

Notable cities

  • Hawija
  • Al-Zab
  • Al-Abbasi
  • Riyad
  • Al-Rashad
  • References

    Hawija District Wikipedia