Kandal, Iraq
Kandal
کەندالێ | |
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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 | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Region | Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Shekhan District |
| Time zone | UTC+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
- ^ شاندەكێ نڤیسینگەها لالش مەهەتێ سەرەدانا پێشمەرگە شێخ حەسەن شێخ رەشو دكت (in Central Kurdish). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ Maisel, Sebastian (2021). "Rebuilding the unimagined past: Ezidi religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space". Lalish Magazine. 45. Duhok.
- ^ Shammo, Qader Saleem (2018). YEZIDIS IN IRAQ: Between Citizenship and Policies of Marginalization (1958-2005). The Edwin Mellen Press. p. 151. ISBN 1495506584.