Shekhan District

The Shekhan District is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni.[2][1]

Shekhan District within Nineveh Governorate

Shekhan
District
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh Governorate
founded	December 16, 1924
Seat	Ain Sifni
Area
• Total	1,259 km^2 (486 sq mi)
Population  (2003)WFP program estimation[1]
• Total	90,590
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

It is bordered by the Amadiya and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre District to the east, Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west.

History

Duhok Governorate's district

The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924.[1] After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.[3][4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
[1]

It is mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian minority.[5]

See also

• Assyrian homeland
• Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
• List of Yazidi settlements

References

1. "Basic information about Shekhan District" (PDF). Christian Aid Program in Iraq. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
2. "Ninewa" (PDF). NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI).
3. Wehrey, Frederic M. (2002). "The Insurgent State: Politics and communal dissent in Iraq, 1919-1936". DTIC.
4. Fuccaro, Nelida (1997). "Ethnicity, State Formation, and Conscription in Postcolonial Iraq: The Case of the Yazidi Kurds of Jabal Sinjar". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 29 (4): 559–580. doi:10.1017/S002074380006520X. JSTOR 164402.
5. Shefler, Gil (August 7, 2014). "Islamic State accused of capturing Yazidi women and forcing them to convert, or else". Washington Post. Religion News Service. Retrieved October 7, 2014.