Simele District

Simele District قضاء سميل قەزا سێمێل ܪܘܼܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕܣܹܝܡܹܝܠܹܐ
District
Simele Location of Simele in Iraq
Coordinates (Simele): 36°51′30″N 42°51′0″E / 36.85833°N 42.85000°E / 36.85833; 42.85000Coordinates: 36°51′30″N 42°51′0″E / 36.85833°N 42.85000°E / 36.85833; 42.85000
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Dohuk
Seat	Simele
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Area code	+964 62

Simele District (Arabic: قضاء سميل‎, translit. qaḍāʾ Sumail; Sorani Kurdish: قەزای سێمێل‎, translit. qezayê Sêmêl) ; Syriac: ܪܘ݂ܣܬܵܩܵܐ ܕܣܹܝܡܹܝܠܹܐ‎ is a district in western Dohuk Governorate in northern Iraq. The administrative center is the city of Simele.

Subdistricts

The district has three sub-districts:

• Simele
• Batel
• Fayda

Simele

It has 143,200 000 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds with a significant Assyrian population

See also

• Battle of Semele

Districts of Dohuk Governorate
(as of 2012)