Official Name: | Gir Zerk |
Other Name: | العدنانية |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iraq |
Coordinates: | 36.1839°N 41.7597°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Ninawa |
Subdivision Name2: | Sinjar District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 18,000 |
Population As Of: | July 2014 |
Gir Zerk (Arabic: العدنانية; Kurdish: گرزهرک|translit=Gir Zerik,[1] [2] also known in Arabic as al-Adnaniyah) is a 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.[3] [4]
Gir Zerk has exclusively Yazidi population.