Shekhan district

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administrative division district

Shekhan district is a region in northern Iraq known as a historic and cultural center of the Yazidi community.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shekhan District 1
Shekhan district canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
district ⓘ
administrativeCenter Ain Sifni ⓘ
borderedBy Akre District ⓘ
Al-Shikhan areas of Duhok Governorate ⓘ
Amedi District ⓘ
Tel Kaif District ⓘ
capital Ain Sifni ⓘ
contains Yazidi shrines ⓘ
agricultural land ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
containsReligiousSite Lalish ⓘ
Lalish temple complex ⓘ
surface form: Lalish Temple
containsTown Ain Sifni ⓘ
Bashiqa ⓘ
Shekhan ⓘ
containsVillage Faydi ⓘ
Kani Masi ⓘ
Khanke ⓘ
Sreshka ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
deFactoAdministeredBy Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
ethnicCommunity Assyrians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Yazidis ⓘ
governingBody Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Nineveh Governorate Council
hasMinorityGroup Assyrians ⓘ
Shabak ⓘ
Yazidis ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
hasPopulationGroup rural communities ⓘ
small urban centers ⓘ
knownFor Yazidi religious sites ⓘ
historic Yazidi cultural center ⓘ
locatedIn Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
disputed territories of Iraq ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
partOf Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamia region

Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
region Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Region
religiousCommunity Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Muslims ⓘ
Yazidis ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Yazidis ⓘ
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
UTC+3 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Yazidism → primaryRegions → Shekhan district ⓘ
Lalish temple complex → locatedNear → Shekhan district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shekhan District