Sharya (also written Shariya, ar, شاريا, ku, ,شاریا, translit=Şariya
) is a town located in the
Simele District
Simele District ( ku, قەزای سێمێل, Qezaya Sêmêl, ar-at, قضاء سميل, qaḍāʾ Sumail) is a district of Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The administrative centre is Simele.
Subdistricts
The district has the follow ...
of the
Dohuk Governorate
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in
Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok ...
of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
. The town is located ca. south of
Dohuk
Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate.
History
The city's origin dates back to the Sto ...
.
Sharya is populated by
Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ...
.
References
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Populated places in Dohuk Province
Yazidi populated places in Iraq