Sinun

Sinun (also written Sinuni, Sinooni or Snuny, Arabic: سنوني‎; Kurdish: Sinunê ,سنونێ‎)[2][3] 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.[1][4]

Sinun
Town
Sinun
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°27′27″N 41°42′22″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Population
 (July 2014[1])
 • Total16,798

Sinun is populated by Yazidis.[1]

References
  1. "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. "دژی گەڕانەوەی مەحما خەلیل سبەینێ لە سنونێ خۆپیشاندانە". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Aciziya gel li dijî dagirkerî û hevkariyê". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. "Yazda Report on Humanitarian Aid and Development Opportunities in Sinjar: Caring for IDPs While Rebuilding and Facilitating Returns" (PDF). yazda.org. January 8, 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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