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The Shekhan District (, ku, قەزای شێخان, Qeza Şêxan) is a district in the
Nineveh Governorate Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an ...
with its capital at
Ain Sifni Ain Sifni ( ar, عين سفني, ) also known as Shekhan ( ku, شێخان, Şêxan), is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. In the town, there is a Chaldean Catholic ...
. It is bordered by the
Amadiya Amedi or Amadiya ( ku, ئامێدی, Amêdî, ; Syriac: , Amədya), is a town in the Duhok Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley. Etymology According to Ali ibn al-Athir, the name ...
and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the
Akre District Akre District ( ku, قەزای ئاکرێ, Qezay Akrê, ) is a district in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region. The administrative center is the city of Akre Akre or Aqrah ( ku, ئاکرێ, Akrê, ar, عقرة, syr, ܥܩܪ, Aqra') is a city ...
to the east,
Al-Hamdaniya District , settlement_type =District , image_skyline =File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption =Al-Hamdaniyah district (light green) in Ninawa , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position = ...
to the south, and the
Tel Kaif District , ar, تل كيف , image_skyline = File:Ninevehdistricts.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Tel Kaif District (blue) in Ninawa , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushp ...
to the west.
Baadre Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, ( ar, باعدرة/باعذرة, ku, باعەدرێ, translit=Baedrê) is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located in the Nineveh Plain ...
, considered the political capital of the
Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking Endogamy, endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran ...
, is also in this district.


History

The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924. After the
1935 Yazidi revolt The 1935 Yazidi revolt took place in Iraq in October 1935. The Iraqi government, under Yasin al-Hashimi, crushed a revolt by the Yazidi people of Jabal Sinjar against the imposition of conscription.Fuccaro, Nelinda. "Ethnicity, State Formation, a ...
, the district was placed under military control.


Demographics

It is mainly populated by
Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking Endogamy, endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran ...
with a large
Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...
minority.


See also

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Assyrian homeland The Assyrian homeland, Assyria ( syc, ܐܬܘܪ, Āṯūr or syc, ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, Bêth Nahrin) refers to the homeland of the Assyrian people within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in their indigenous Upper Mesopotamia. Th ...
*
Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq Since the early 20th century several proposals have been made for the establishment of an autonomous area or a independent state for the Syriac-speaking Assyrians in northern Iraq. Historical proposals * Urmia Manifesto of the United Free Assyria ...
*
List of Yazidi settlements The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. However, events since the end of the ...


References

Districts of Dohuk Province {{Iraq-geo-stub