Shekhan District
قضاء شيخان
قەزای شێخان
District
Country Iraq
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure), Duhok Governorate (de facto)
foundedDecember 16, 1924
SeatAin Sifni
Area
 • Total1,259 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)WFP program estimation[1]
 • Total90,590
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

The Shekhan District (Arabic: قضاء شيخان, Kurdish: قەزای شێخان, romanized: Qeza Şêxan) is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni.[2][1]

Shekhan District within Nineveh Governorate

It is bordered by the Amadiya and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre District to the east, Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west. Baadre, considered the political capital of the Yazidis, is also in this district.

History

Duhok Governorate's district

The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924.[1] After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.[3][4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1977 36,427—    
1987 54,559+49.8%
2003 90,590+66.0%
Source: [1]

It is mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian minority.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Basic information about Shekhan District" (PDF). Christian Aid Program in Iraq. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ninewa" (PDF). NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI).
  3. ↑ Wehrey, Frederic M. (2002). "The Insurgent State: Politics and communal dissent in Iraq, 1919-1936" (PDF). DTIC. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ Fuccaro, Nelida (1997). "Ethnicity, State Formation, and Conscription in Postcolonial Iraq: The Case of the Yazidi Kurds of Jabal Sinjar" (PDF). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 29 (4): 559–580. doi:10.1017/S002074380006520X. JSTOR 164402.
  5. ↑ Shefler, Gil (August 7, 2014). "Islamic State accused of capturing Yazidi women and forcing them to convert, or else". Washington Post. Religion News Service. Retrieved October 7, 2014.


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