Ain Sifni

Ain Sifni (Arabic: عين سفني, Kurdish: ئێسفنێ, romanized: Êsivnê, Syriac: ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢ̈ܐ, romanized: ʿAïn Sappāné) also known as Shekhan (Kurdish: شێخان, romanized: Şêxan), is a city in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis, most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish. Notes References