Ain Sifni

Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni
Location in Iraq
Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 36°41′30″N 43°21′00″E / 36.69167°N 43.35000°E / 36.69167; 43.35000
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region (de facto)
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
DistrictShekhan District
Sub-districtAin Sifni
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Urban
17,766
 • Rural
6,355

Ain Sifni (Arabic: عين سفني,[2] Kurdish: ئێسفنێ, romanized: Êsivnê,[3][4] Syriac: ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢ̈ܐ, romanized: ʿAïn Sappāné)[5][a] also known as Shekhan (Kurdish: شێخان, romanized: Şêxan),[b][12] is a city in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis,[13] most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish.[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Alternatively transliterated as ʿAyn Sifni,[6] Ainsefni,[7] Ean Sefne,[8][9] or Ain Siphni.[10]
  2. ↑ Alternatively transliterated as Sheikhan,[11] or Shekhan.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. p. 72. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "'Ayn Sifnī". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "سەرەکى". پارێزگەھا دھوك (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. ↑ Pirbari, Dimitri; Grigoriev, Stanislav. Holy Lalish, 2008 (Ezidian temple Lalish in Iraqi Kurdistan). p. 20.
  5. ↑ Chabot 1902, p. 110; Fiey 1975, p. 791.
  6. ↑ Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "ʿAyn Sifni". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Shekhan (Ainsefni)". Ishtar TV. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mar Yousif church – Eansefne". Ishtar TV. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mar Gewragiz church – Ean Sefne". Ishtar TV. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Margoliouth (2009), p. 247.
  11. ↑ Soguel, Dominique (12 August 2014). "A sanctuary for Iraqi Yazidis – and a plea for Obama's intervention". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "ŞÊXAN - Li kampa Kurdên Êzidî lehî rabû û avê da bin 30 çadiran". Rudaw Media Network (in Kurdish). 23 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Elî, Nasir (13 March 2019). "Sheikhan: Where Kurdish men go for a second wife". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Salih, Mohammed A; Wilgenburg, Wladimir van (5 August 2014). "Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 April 2020.


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