page_title: List of Yazidi settlements
section_title: Iraq
hierarchical_section_title: List of Yazidi settlements / Iraq
caption_attribution_description: English: The Chermera or "40 Men" Temple, a Yezidi temple on the highest peak of the Sinjar Mountains in northern Iraq. Picture taken by an American Soldier from the 334th Signal Company, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, April 2004.
context_page_description: The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass emigration. Today, the majority of the Yazidi population lives in Iraq and are particularly concentrated in the Nineveh Plains and Sinjar areas in the Nineveh Province in northern Iraq.
  In the 19th century, an autonomous Yazidi principality existed in the Ottoman Empire and was named "Êzîdxan". The principality was in the Redwan region however, today "Êzîdxan" has an ambiguous meaning as the area has not been defined geographically. Despite this, two Yazidi militias in Iraq are named: the Êzîdxan Protection Force and the Êzîdxan Women's Units.
context_section_description: Current Yazidi settlements in Iraq
  Ain Sifni (Shekhan)
  Ba'adra
  Babirah (Fulayfil)
  Bahzani
  Bashiqa
  Barah (Bara)
  Beban
  Borek
  Bozan
  Dohula
  Dughata
  Dugure
  Faysh Khabur
  Gir Zerk
  Gohbal
  Hardan
  Jaddalah (Jidale)
  Khana Sor
  Khanke
  Khatarah
  Khoshaba
  Kocho
  Lalish
  Mahad
  Majnuniyah (Majnuniya)
  Qiniyeh
  Sharya
  Siba Sheikh Khidir
  Simele (mixed population)
  Sinjar (Şingal)
  Sinun
  Sreshka
  Sukayniyah (Sikeniye)
  Tal Banat
  Tal Qasab
  Til Ezer
  Wardiyah
  Zorava
caption: Yazidi temple (Chel Mera) in Sinjar
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