Khana Sor

Khana Sor (also written Khanasor, Kurdish: Xanasor ,خاناسۆر,[2][3] Arabic: خانصور, meaning: red house) is a Yazidi town located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1][4]

Khana Sor

Xanasor

خانصور
Town
Khana Sor
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°28′23″N 41°36′58″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Population
 (July 2014[1])
  Total31,161

Khana Sor 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 2018-12-04.
  2. "Rojava and South Kurdistan borders protected by YPG". 15 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "هەڵۆ پێنجوێنی: شەڕەكەی شەنگال لە قازانجی توركیایە". www.pukonline.org (in Kurdish). 3 March 207. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. "Yazda Report on Humanitarian Aid and Development Opportunities in Sinjar: Caring for IDPs While Rebuilding and Facilitating Returns" (PDF). yazda.org. January 8, 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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