Sharya, Iraq Explained
| Official Name: | Sharya |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iraq |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Iraq |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dohuk Governorate |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Simele District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Coordinates: | 36.7894°N 42.9719°W |
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Sharya (also written Shariya, ar|شاريا, ku|,شاریا|translit=Şariya[1] [2]) is a Yazidi-inhabited town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The town is located ca. 15km (09miles) south of Dohuk.[3]
Yazidi holy sites
Around Sharya, the following Yazidi shrines are found:[4]
- Şêx Enzerût
- Pîr Afat
- Evdê Reş
- Nasirdîn Siltan Êzîd
- Şêx Şems Şahsiwar
- Şêxûbekir Kerecal
- Şêx Hesen
- Pîr Bûb
Notes and References
- News: Çalakiya Rêxistina Bohara Hêvîyan Jibo Keçên Êzidî li Şariya . 19 December 2019 . ku.
- News: باخچەیەك دێ ل شاریا ئێتە دروستكرن . 19 December 2019 . ku.
- Web site: Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture. Saadi Azuo. Heerish. June 2016. Near East University. PDF. 2018-12-06.
- Maisel . Sebastian . Spring 2021 . Rebuilding the unimagined past: Êzidî religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space . Lalish . 45 . 3–31.
