Kandal, Iraq

Kandal
کەندالێ
Former village
Interactive map of Kandal
Kandal
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°37′11″N 43°20′37″E / 36.6197°N 43.3437°E / 36.6197; 43.3437
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictShekhan District
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Kandal (Sorani Kurdish: کەندال, romanized: Kendal, Kendalê, Kendala)[1][2] is a former Yazidi village located in Shekhan district of the Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, which was destroyed in 1976 by the Iraqi government as part of Arabization policies. The inhabitants were as a result resettled in the collective town of Mahad.[3]

References

  1. ^ شاندەكێ‌ نڤیسینگەها لالش مەهەتێ‌ سەرەدانا پێشمەرگە شێخ حەسەن شێخ رەشو دكت (in Central Kurdish). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ Maisel, Sebastian (2021). "Rebuilding the unimagined past: Ezidi religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space". Lalish Magazine. 45. Duhok.
  3. ^ Shammo, Qader Saleem (2018). YEZIDIS IN IRAQ: Between Citizenship and Policies of Marginalization (1958-2005). The Edwin Mellen Press. p. 151. ISBN 1495506584.