Til Ezer (Kurdish: تل ئهزهر, romanized: Tel Ezêr,[2][3] Arabic: القحطانية, also known in Arabic as al-Qaḥṭānīya or Qahtaniyah, also spelled Giruzer, Kar Izir, Kahtaniya) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount, in the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.
Til Ezer | |
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Village | |
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  Til Ezer Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°12′7″N 41°41′13″E / 36.20194°N 41.68694°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
| • Total | 28,000 |
Til Ezer is populated by Yazidis.[1] It was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "یهبهشه یادی شههیدانی كۆمهڵكوژییهكانی تل ئهزهر، سیبا شێخ خدر و كۆچۆی كردهوه". ANF News. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Mala Êzdiyan 13 Êzidî radestî rêveberiya Şengalê kir". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Staff, Our Foreign (2007-08-16). "Iraq bombs: 500 die in worst terror attack". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-01-22.