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The Shekhan District (, ) is a district in the 
It is bordered by the
The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924. After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.
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 ...
with its capital at Ain Sifni.
It is bordered by the Amadiya
Amedi or Amadiye (; ; ) 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. Amedi is known for its celebrations of Newroz.
Etymology
According to ibn al-Athir, the Ar ...
and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre District to the east, Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west. Baadre
Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (, ) is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. According ...
, considered the political capital of the Yazidis
Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (; ), are a Kurdish languages, Kurdish-speaking Endogamy, endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The major ...
, is also in this district.
History
The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924. After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.
Demographics
It is mainly populated byYazidis
Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (; ), are a Kurdish languages, Kurdish-speaking Endogamy, endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The major ...
with a large Assyrian Christian minority.
See also
*Assyrian homeland
The Assyrian homeland is Assyria ( or ), the homeland of the Assyrian people within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in their indigenous Upper Mesopotamia. The territory that forms the Assyrian homeland is, similarly to the rest ...
*Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
Since the early 20th century several proposals have been made for the establishment of an autonomous area or an Sovereign state, independent state for the Syriac language, Syriac-speaking modern Assyrian people, Assyrians in northern Iraq.
Histori ...
* List of Yazidi settlements
References
Districts of Dohuk Province {{Iraq-geo-stub