Hawija District

Hawija District
قضاء داقوق
District

Location of Hawija in Iraq

Coordinates (Hawija): 35°19′N 43°46′E / 35.317°N 43.767°E / 35.317; 43.767Coordinates: 35°19′N 43°46′E / 35.317°N 43.767°E / 35.317; 43.767
Country  Iraq
Governorate Kirkuk
Seat Hawija
Population (2003) 151,267
Time zone AST (UTC+3)
Area code +964 50

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

Hawija district has approximately 450,000 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

Districts of Kirkuk Governorate

References

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