Khana Sor

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Khana Sor
Town
Khanasor sinjar.jpg
Khana Sor is located in Iraq
Khana Sor
Khana Sor
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°28′23″N 41°36′58″E / 36.47306°N 41.61611°E / 36.47306; 41.61611Coordinates: 36°28′23″N 41°36′58″E / 36.47306°N 41.61611°E / 36.47306; 41.61611
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Population
 (July 2014[1])
 • Total31,161

Khana Sor (also written Khanasor, Kurdish: خاناسۆر, romanized: Xanasor,[2][3] Arabic: 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.[1][4]

Khana Sor is populated by Yazidis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Rojava and South Kurdistan borders protected by YPG". 15 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ "هەڵۆ پێنجوێنی: شەڕەكەی شەنگال لە قازانجی توركیایە". www.pukonline.org (in Kurdish). 3 March 207. 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.[permanent dead link]