Sinjār (Iraq)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
סינג'אר (עיראק)
Name (Latin)
Sinjār (Iraq)
Other forms of name
Singara (Iraq)
Coordinates
41.87656 41.87656 36.3209 36.3209 (gooearth )
Associated country
Iraq
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Shumaysānī, Ḥ. Madīnat Sinjār min al-fatḥ al-ʻArabī al-Islāmī ḥattá al-fatḥ al-ʻUthmānī, 1983:t.p. (Sinjār) p. 37, etc. (Singara)
- BGN 9-24-85(Sinjār, ppl, 36p0s19ʹN 41p0s52ʹE)
Wikipedia description:
Sinjar (Arabic: سنجار, romanized: Sinjār; Kurdish: شنگال, romanized: Şingal, Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ, romanized: Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023, and is predominantly Yazidi.
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