Yankjah
Yankjah (Arabic: ينكجة, Turkoman, Yengiche is a town in the Tooz District of Saladin Governorate, near the border with Kirkuk Governorate, in northern Iraq, about 100 km (62 mi) from the Iranian border. It has a population of 25,000,[1] mainly from Iraq's Sunni Turkoman ethnic group.[2]
Yankjah Arabic: ينكجة | |
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Town | |
  Yankjah Tuz Khurmatu's location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 34°51′24.8″N 44°34′13.3″E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Saladin |
| District | Tooz |
Yankjah, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Sulaiman Bek, Tal Afar, Taza Khurmatu, and Tuz Khurmatu, make up the largest Iraqi Turkoman-majority cities in Iraq, while Mosul, Kirkuk, Kifri, Daquq, Muqdadiyah, Jalawla, and Al-Sadiyah have significant Turkmen minority populations.
References
- "تنظيم 'داعش' ينسحب من ناحية 'ينكجه' العراقية" [ISIS withdraws from the Iraqi Yankjah area]. بوابة الفجر (in Arabic). 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
- Iraq: Kirkuk Security Forces Expel Displaced Turkmen
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