Sinjar

This article is about the Iraqi town. 'Sinjar' may also refer to its eponymous district, mountains, or nearby plain.

Sinjar سنجار
Town
Sinjar in 2019
Sinjar Location within Iraq Sinjar Location within Near East
Coordinates: 36°19′21″N 41°51′51″E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
District	Sinjar District
Government
• Mayor	Fahad Hamid Omar
Elevation	522 m (1,713 ft)
Population  (2013)
• Total	88,023
Time zone	UTC+3 (GMT)

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Sinjar (Arabic: سنجار, romanized: Sinjār; Kurdish: شنگال, romanized: Şingal, Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ, romanized: Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023, and is predominantly Yazidi.