Sinjar District

Sinjar District

قەزای شنگال
قضاء سنجار
Sinjar District قەزای شنگال; قضاء سنجار
District
	Yezidi Temple on Sinjar, 2004.
	Sinjar district (orange) in Ninawa
	Sinjar District
	Coordinates: 36°19′21″N 41°51′51″E / 36.32250°N 41.86417°E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
Royal Decree 4	1934
Seat	Shingal
Area
• Total	2,928 km2 (1,131 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	166,466
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

The Sinjar District or the Shingal District (Arabic: قضاء سنجار, Kurdish: قەزای شنگال ,Qeza Şingal^[1]^[2]) 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.^[3]

^ Rêsan Ḧesen (2011). Şingal: wek qutabxana sitrana filklorî ya Kurdî (in Kurdish).
^ "Şingal ... شنگال". sverigesradio.se (in Kurdish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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[1] Rêsan Ḧesen (2011). Şingal: wek qutabxana sitrana filklorî ya Kurdî (in Kurdish).

[2] "Şingal ... شنگال". sverigesradio.se (in Kurdish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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