What is Sinjar?
[[File:Views in June of 2019 around the Ezidi shrine of Chil Mera on Shingal Mountain 01.jpg|thumb|[[Yazidi]] shrine in the Sinjar Mountains]] '''Sinjar''' is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern [[Iraq]]. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023. Its local inhabitants are exclusively [[Yazidi]]. The main language spoken by the [[Yazidis]] in the town is the [[Kurmanji]] dialect of the [[Kurdish language]]. In August 2014, it was the site of the Sinjar massacre which was conducted by [[ISIS]] towards the local [[Yazidi]] population following their capture of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/iraq-yazidis-living-fear-mount-sinjar-160726063155982.html|title=Iraq's Yazidis living in fear on Mount Sinjar|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/middleeast/nima-elbagir-sinjar-mass-graves/index.html|title=Mass graves, missing children: Brutality in Sinjar|first=Nima Elbagir|last=CNN|website=CNN}}</ref> [[File:Yazidism08.jpg|thumb|Local [[Yazidi]] men in Sinjar]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities in Iraq]] {{geo-stub}}