Official Name: | Borek |
Other Name: | بورك |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iraq |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Ninawa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sinjar District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | July 2014 |
Population Total: | 18,259 |
Coordinates: | 36.4922°N 41.865°W |
Borek (also written Burke, Arabic: بورك; Kurdish: بۆرک|translit=Borik,[1] [2] also known in Arabic as al-Yarmouk) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[3] [4] Borek has exclusively Yazidi population.