Hawija District

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Hawija District ({{langx|ar|قضاء الحويجة|qaḍāʾ al-Ḥawīǧa}}) is a district in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Hawija.{{Cite web |last=Hummel |first=Kristina |date=2017-10-18 |title=The Hawija Offensive: A Liberation Exposes Faultlines |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-hawija-offensive-a-liberation-exposes-faultlines/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |language=en-US}}

The district's approximately 150,000 inhabitants are mostly Sunni Arabs, with the rest being Shia Turkmens and Kaka'i Kurds. Most of the inhabitants live in rural areas.{{Cite web |title=Kirkuk (Tameem) |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-iraq-2022/kirkuk-tameem |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=European Union Agency for Asylum |language=en}}