Simele District

Simele District (Arabic: قضاء سميل‎, romanized: qaḍāʾ Sumail; Kurdish: قەزای سێمێل ,Sêmêl navçe‎[1][2]) is a district in western Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative center is the city of Simele. It has 143,200 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds with a significant Assyrian population.

Simele District
District
Simele Location of Simele in Iraq
Coordinates (Simele): 36°51′30″N 42°51′0″E
Country	Iraq  Kurdistan Region
Governorate	Dohuk
Seat	Simele
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Area code	+964 62

Subdistricts

The district has three sub-districts:

• Simele
• Batel
• Fayda

See also

Districts of Dohuk Governorate
(as of 2012)

References

1. "بەرپرسیارپاڵاوتگەکانی کاشێ 400 هەزار کەسی لە قەزای سێمێل بێزارکردووە". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
2. "Dê karikem zêdetir piştevanî û pûtedan bi binemalên şehîdan û aware û pêşimergan bihête dan" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.