Sinjar

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district capital populated place town

Sinjar is a town and surrounding region in northwestern Iraq known as the historic heartland of the Yazidi community and the site of severe ISIS-perpetrated atrocities.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sinjar canonical	5
Sinjar region	4
Sinjar District	2
Mount Sinjar	1
Sinjar District Council	1
Sinjar Mountain	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	district capital ⓘ populated place ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeStatusDisputedBy	Government of Iraq ⓘ surface form: Federal Government of Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Iraq War (2003–2011) Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ surface form: War against the Islamic State
controlledBy	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
controlStartTime	August 2014 ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
event	2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
governingBody	Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinjar District Council
governorateCapital	Mosul ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Yazidis ⓘ
knownAs	historic heartland of the Yazidi community ⓘ
languageCommonlySpoken	Arabic ⓘ Kurmanji ⓘ surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
locatedIn	Nineveh Governorate ⓘ northwestern Iraq ⓘ
locatedOn	southern slopes of Sinjar Mountain ⓘ
near	Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinjar Mountain
notableFor	Yazidi religious shrines in surrounding area ⓘ ethno-religious diversity before 2014 ⓘ
partOf	Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinjar District
perpetratorOfAtrocities	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
populationGroupAssociated	Arabs ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Yazidis ⓘ
postConflictIssues	delayed reconstruction ⓘ destruction of infrastructure ⓘ displacement of residents ⓘ landmines and unexploded ordnance ⓘ
recapturedBy	Kurdish Peshmerga ⓘ surface form: Kurdish Peshmerga forces
recaptureTime	November 2015 ⓘ
recognizedAs	site of ISIS-perpetrated atrocities ⓘ site of crimes against humanity ⓘ site of genocide against Yazidis ⓘ
region	Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinjar region
religionAssociated	Yazidism ⓘ
strategicImportance	location on key road between Mosul and Syria ⓘ proximity to Syrian border ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
typeOfAtrocities	forced displacement ⓘ mass killings ⓘ sexual slavery ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ
victimGroupOfAtrocities	Yazidis ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northern Iraq → hasMinorityRegion → Sinjar ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

Yazidism → primaryRegions → Sinjar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar region

Nineveh Governorate → hasMajorCity → Sinjar ⓘ

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) → location → Sinjar ⓘ

Yazidis → nativeRegion → Sinjar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar region

Yazidis → nativeRegion → Sinjar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinjar

Yazidis → populationCenter → Sinjar ⓘ

Sinjar → partOf → Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar District

Sinjar → region → Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar region

Sinjar → near → Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar Mountain

Sinjar → governingBody → Sinjar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar District Council

2014 Sinjar massacre → location → Sinjar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar District

Jazira → contains → Sinjar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinjar region