Sinun
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Sinun | |
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Town | |
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  Sinun Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°27′27″N 41°42′22″E / 36.45750°N 41.70611°ECoordinates: 36°27′27″N 41°42′22″E / 36.45750°N 41.70611°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
| • Total | 16,798 |
Sinun (also written Sinuni, Sinooni or Snuny, Arabic: سنوني; Kurdish: سنونێ, romanized: Sinunê)[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 is populated by Yazidis.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "دژی گەڕانەوەی مەحما خەلیل سبەینێ لە سنونێ خۆپیشاندانە". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Aciziya gel li dijî dagirkerî û hevkariyê". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "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.