Sinjar
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Sinjar (Kurdish: Şingar [1]) is name of region and a town in northwestern Iraq in the Ninawa Governorate near the Syrian border, with an estimate population in the 2006 census of about 39,875 residents [2].
The wall and other evidence at a huge mound in northeastern Syria known as Tell Hamoukar indicate a complex government dating back at least 6,000 years. It has been known for some time that the Sinjar valley belonged to the Northern Ubaid culture. In the Sinjar plain, where Tell Hamoukar is located, civilizations are known to have existed many centuries earlier (Hassuna, Halaf, Ubaid). More than 200 sites are known.
The population of Sinjar is predominantly Kurdish. It is one of centers of Yezidi Kurds in Iraq.
