Gir Zerk

Gir Zerk (Arabic: العدنانية‎; Kurdish: Gir Zerik ,گرزه‌رک‎,[2][3] also known in Arabic as al-Adnaniyah) is a Yazidi village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1][4]

Gir Zerk

العدنانية
Village
Gir Zerk
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°11′2″N 41°45′35″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Population
 (July 2014[1])
 • Total18,000

Gir Zerk has exclusively Yazidi population.[1]

References
  1. "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  2. "له‌تیف نێروه‌یى: قاسم شه‌شۆ هۆڵێکى مام جه‌لال-ى له‌ شه‌نگال داگیرکردوه‌". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Mam Qasim: Bila êdî Êzidî bêjin 'Bes e ji fermanê re'". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. English, Basnews. "Hashd Al-Shaabi Inhibits IDPs Returns to Their Homes in Sinjar: Official". www.basnews.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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