- Sinjar
Sinjar (Kurdish: "Şingar" [ [http://www.kerkuk-kurdistan.com/hevpeyvinek.asp?ser=1&cep=4&nnimre=4311 kerkuk-kurdistan.com: Arif Zêrevan - "Perwerdeya azad bi ser lingên xwe ve têt"] ] ) is the name of a region and a town in northwestern
Iraq 'sNinawa Governorate near theSyria n border. Its population at the time of the 2006 census was 39,875 [ [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1139092233&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&dat=200&geo=-3&srt=pnan&col=aohdqcfbeimg&geo=-105 world-gazetteer.com: "Iraq: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population"] ] .A huge mound and wall in northeastern Syria known as
Tell Hamoukar indicate an urban civilisation dating back at least 6,000 years. The Sinjar valley belonged to the NorthernUbaid culture. In the Sinjar plain, where Tell Hamoukar is located, civilizations are known to have existed many centuries earlier (Hassuna ,Halaf ,Ubaid ). More than 200 sites are known.The population of Sinjar is today predominantly Kurdish; the religion of the region is
Yazidi , with a small number of Assyrian Christians and Sunni Muslims.This town might be better known to the world, as the sight of the filming and some of the plot for
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