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Iraq · Ninewa

Shingal (Sinjar)

Yazidi homeland; 2014 genocide

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01At a glance

Subdivision
Ninewa
ISO 3166-2 code
IQ-NI
Country
Iraq
Placed by
OCHA COD-AB cod-ab-irq: Ninewa (IQG15)

No figure for Shingal (Sinjar) yet. Unknown is shown as unknown.

Official bodies

Statistics releases

Forming No official source is registered for this place yet.

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Layers

Places on this map (1)

Map: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Boundaries: Natural Earth. Places: the platform’s own pages.

02Newcomers and settlement

Official settlement and immigration services come first. The country guide adds trusted referrals.

Official bodies

Immigration and settlement notices

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: United Nations (UN News)

  • New to Iraq

    First steps in a new country, services you can trust and Kurds who arrived before you.

  • Development

    Social programmes, livelihoods and disaster preparedness for Kurdish communities.

03Education and the Academy

Courses of the Academy, and notices from official education bodies.

Official bodies

Education and scholarship notices

Forming No official source is registered for this place yet.

  • Learn in Iraq

    Academy courses in Kurdish language, heritage, rights and work, for people living here.

  • Academy

    Every field of knowledge, courses in all Kurdish varieties, and communities of practice.

04Health

Official health services and public health notices.

Official bodies

Public health notices

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: United Nations (UN News)

05Safety and resilience

Official alerts and preparedness. In an emergency, call the local emergency number.

Official bodies

Official alerts

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (UN OCHA and the European Commission)

Risk and resilience

The Global Risks Index keeps an open profile of Iraq. It publishes no value before an edition is released.

The Iraq profile

  • Protected participation

    Only approved attendees see where an event takes place. Nobody’s attendance is published.

  • Development

    Social programmes, livelihoods and disaster preparedness for Kurdish communities.

06Civic life and representation

Official bodies and open consultations. The platform endorses no party or candidate.

Official bodies

Open public consultations

Forming No official source is registered for this place yet.

  • Civic

    Civic education, rights literacy, statelessness help and dialogue.

07Work and opportunities

Official job, training and scholarship portals, and opportunities the community shares.

Shared jobs

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Jobs shared by members, each linked to the employer’s official posting.

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Shared opportunities

Sharing opens soon

Scholarships, grants, fellowships and calls shared by members, each linked to the provider’s official page.

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  • Opportunities

    Livelihoods, skills, jobs, mentoring and diaspora-to-region bridges.

08Heritage and culture

Public heritage bodies, the calendar and associations. Only verified public bodies are listed.

Official bodies

Calendar

Public holidays and community days here, from official sources.

Calendar

Community days, international days and public holidays that apply here. Dates are computed for each year.

  1. World Braille Day International day
  2. Republic of Mahabad Community day
  3. International Day of Education International day
  4. End of the Kobanî siege Community day
  5. International Day of Clean Energy International day
  6. International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust International day

Public holidays: awaiting licence review. The slot will list the official public holidays here, from the register source Nager.Date public holidays API, with ISO 3166-2 subdivisions.

City dates: forming. They come only from official city sources.

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Public holidays

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: Nager.Date (open-source project, not an official body)

Shared listings

Sharing opens soon

Organisations, services, resources and public places shared by members, each linked to its official site.

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  • Heritage

    History from the Zagros to today, memory, faiths, arts, literature and food.

09Language

Learning and keeping the community’s languages, and the host languages.

کوردیی ناوەندی, Kurmancî, العربية

  • Language

    Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani, in every script.

10The community here

The Iraq community is forming. Members join it on this site.

Forming A Community Cell for Shingal (Sinjar) is forming. Once members are ready, the Chapter can charter it for lawful local cooperation, events and services.

Local pages never list members and never show who is near.

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Shared events

Sharing opens soon

Events shared by members, each linked to its organiser’s own announcement.

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Country programmes in the same UN M49 subregion

Syria, Türkiye, Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

11News from official sources

Announcements from official bodies only. No commentary.

Official bodies

  • News Kurdistan Regional Government To verify

Government announcements

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: United Nations (UN News)

International bodies

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: United Nations (UN News)

Shared news tips

Sharing opens soon

Announcements shared by members, each linked to the official or original source. Never commentary.

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12Sources and fact-checking

Every entry names its source. Figures keep their measure, year, source and label.

This list
OCHA, Iraq Central Statistics Office, via HDX, Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations Awaiting licence review
Codes and names
Debian iso-codes 4.20.1 (ISO 3166-2), LGPL-2.1-or-later Awaiting licence review; OCHA, Iraq Central Statistics Office, via HDX, Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations Awaiting licence review
Boundaries and areas
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRQ ADM1, source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, CC0 1.0 Universal Awaiting licence review
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Standards we follow

  • Countries and areas: UN M49.
  • Names: UNTERM and the UN’s own usage.
  • Subdivisions: OCHA COD-AB, then UN SALB, then ISO 3166-2.
  • Languages: ISO 639 and CLDR.
  • Scripts: ISO 15924.
  • Dates: the Gregorian calendar and the community calendars, computed.

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