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Sinjar District
The Sinjar District or the Shingal District (, ku, قەزای شنگال ,Qeza Şingal) is a district of the Nineveh Governorate. The district seat is the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district is one of two major population centers for Yazidis, the other being Shekhan District. History Sinjar District was created in 1934 by Royal decree. After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.Fuccaro, Nelinda''Ethnicity, State Formation, and Conscription in Postcolonial Iraq: The Case of the Yazidi Kurds of Jabal Sinjar'' International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 29, No. 4 (November 1997), pp. 559–580. The al-Shamal district, originally formed in 1936, was abolished in 1987, and its area was added to Sinjar. Qayrawan was formed as a district in 1977, was also abolished in 1987, and was added to the district. In 1994, al-Shamal and Qayrawan were reformed as a sub-districts. In 2007, several expl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Iraq
Iraq's 18 governorates are subdivided into 120 districts ('' kaza''). The district usually bears the same name as the district capital. The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses): Al Anbar Governorate * Al-Qa'im District ( Al-Qa'im) * Ar-Rutba District ( Ar-Rutba) * Anah District ( Anah) * Fallujah District ( Fallujah) * Haditha District ( Haditha) * Hīt District ( Hīt) * Ramadi District ( Ramadi) * Rawah District (Rawah) Muthanna Governorate * Al-Khidhir District ( Al-Khidhir) * Al-Rumaitha District ( Al-Rumaitha) * Al-Salman District ( Al-Salman) * Al-Samawa District ( Samawa) Qadisiyyah Governorate * Afaq District (Afaq) * Al-Shamiya District ( Al-Shamiya) * Diwaniya District ( Diwaniya) * Hamza District (Hamza) Babil Governorate * Al-Mahawil District (Al-Mahawil) * Al-Musayab District ( Al-Musayab) * Hashimiya District ( Hashimiya) * Hilla District (Hilla) Baghdad Governorate * Administrative Districts in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vian Dakhil
Vian Dakhil (, born 1971 in Mosul) is a current member of the Iraqi parliament. She is the only Yazidi Kurd in the Iraqi Parliament. Background Dakhil gained international attention during a plea for assistance for Yazidi people trapped in the Sinjar Mountains during Islamic State capture of Sinjar, accusing Islamic State of genocide against the Yazidi people. This plea was a speech held in the Iraqi parliament held on Tuesday, 5 August 2014. In the anglophone world, the speech has gained a large audience after coverage from CNN and mentions in the Washington Post. In the francophone world it was Tunisian magazine “Kapitalis”, the Algerian participative journal “ChoufChouf” and the “paysagesblog” in le Monde.fr which commented the plea for help of Vian Dakhil for Yazidi people facing extermination. All the French articles included a YouTube version of Vian Dakhil speech, some with French translations. The blogpost "Je vous en supplie, frères, faîtes taire vos d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinun
Sinun (also written Sinuni, Sinooni or Snuny, ar, سنوني; ku, سنونێ, translit=Sinunê) is a town located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The town is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Sinun is populated by Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the wester .... References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazeera, Iraq
Siba Sheikh Khidir ( ku, سیبا شێخ خدر, translit=Sîba Şêx Xidir, ar, الجزيرة, translit=al-Jazirah, also ''Jazira'' or ''Jazeera'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Siba Sheikh Khidir is populated by Yazidis and was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community. See also * Til Ezer * Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL * Sinjar massacre The Sinjar massacre () marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidi men, women and children. It took place in August 2014 in Sinjar city and Sinjar District in Iraq's Nineveh Governo ... References {{Reflist Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khana Sor
Khana Sor (also written Khanasor, ku, خاناسۆر, translit=Xanasor, ar, خانصور, meaning: ''red house'') is a town located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The town is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Khana Sor is populated by Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the wester .... References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohbal
Gohbal ( ar, كوهبل; ku, گوهبهل, translit=Guhbel, also known in Arabic as ''al-Andalus'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Gohbal is populated by Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the wester .... References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qahtaniyah, Iraq
Til Ezer ( ku, تل ئهزهر, translit=Tel Ezêr, ar, القحطانية, also known in Arabic as ''al-Qaḥṭānīya'' or ''Qahtaniyah'', also spelled ''Giruzer, Kar Izir, Kahtaniya'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount, in the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Til Ezer is populated by Yazidis. It was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community. See also *Siba Sheikh Khidir *Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL *Sinjar massacre The Sinjar massacre () marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidi men, women and children. It took place in August 2014 in Sinjar city and Sinjar District in Iraq's Nineveh Governora ... References {{Reflist Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dugure
Dugure (also written Duguri, Dkory or Dkora ar, دوكوري, ku, Dugurê ,دوگورێ also known in Arabic as ''Hiteen'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Dugure has exclusively Yazidi Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ... population. References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dohula
Dohula (also written Duhola or Dohla, ar, دهولا; ku, دوهۆلا, translit=Dohula, also known in Arabic as ''Qadisiyah'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. It is populated by Yazidis Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the wester .... References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borek (Iraq)
Borek (also written Burke, ar, بورك; ku, بۆرک, translit=Borik, also known in Arabic as ''al-Yarmouk'') is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Borek has exclusively Yazidi Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ... population. References {{reflist Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinjar Mountains
The Sinjar Mountains ( ku, چیایێ شنگالێ, translit=Çiyayê Şingalê, ar, جبل سنجار, translit=Jabal Sinjār, syr, ܛܘܪܐ ܕܫܝܓܪ, Ṭura d'Shingar,) are a mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surrounding alluvial steppe plains in northwestern Iraq to an elevation of . The highest segment of these mountains, about long, lies in the Nineveh Governorate. The western and lower segment of these mountains lies in Syria and is about long. The city of Sinjar is just south of the range.Edgell, H. S. 2006. ''Arabian Deserts: Nature, Origin, and Evolution.'' Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 592 pp. Numan, N. M. S., and N. K. AI-Azzawi. 2002. ''Progressive Versus Paroxysmal Alpine Folding in Sinjar Anticline Northwestern Iraq.'' Iraqi Journal of Earth Science. vol. 2, no.2, pp.59-69. These mountains are regarded as sacred by the Yazidis. Geology The Sinjar Mountains are a breached anticlinal structure. These mountains consist of an as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
