Al-Ba'aj District () is a district in

Nineveh Governorate Nineveh Governorate (; , ) is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,453,000 people as of 2003. Its largest city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of a ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. Its administrative center is the city of

Al-Ba'aj Ba'aj (; also spelt Ba'ej) is a town in the Al-Ba'aj District of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The town was under control of the Islamic State until June 2017, when Iraqi Armed Forces captured it. The town of Al-Ba'aj is populated by Sunni Arabs ...

. Other settlements include Qaryat al-Sakar and Al-Jughaifi. The district is predominantly populated by

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

Arabs Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of yea ...

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Districts of Nineveh Governorate {{Iraq-geo-stub