🇮🇶 Makhmur district

Makhmur District is a district in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate. The administrative centre of the district is Makhmur. It is disputed between Erbil Governorate and Nineveh Governorate, and so it is one of the disputed territories of northern Iraq. The district had an estimated population of 209,545 people in 2018, the area of the district is 2,682 km2, and the population density is 78.13 people/km2. According to Erbil Governorate, the district has three sub-districts, Qaraj, Gwer, and Kandinawa, and it has 319 villages. Dibaga used to be a sub-district, however, it became a village, and Kandinawa became a sub-district. According to the Nineveh Governorate, the district has five sub-districts, Al-Kuwayr, Kandinawa, Makhmur Central, Mala Qara, and Qaraj.