Sharya
| Sharya | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| location | |||
|
|||
| Coordinates | 36 ° 47 ' N , 42 ° 58' E | ||
| Country |
 Iraq
|
||
| Governorate | Dahuk | ||
| District | Semile | ||
| Basic data | |||
| height | 448 m | ||
Sharya (also Shariya or Sharia , Kurmanji Sarya, Arabic شاريا, DMG Sariya ) is a Yezidi city in Simele district in the Iraqi province of Dahuk . The city is located about 15 km south of Dohuk in the autonomous region of Kurdistan . The place is located in the demarcation zone between Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan that has existed since 1991/1992 and is on Kurdish administered territory. Sharya was a so-called model village for Yazidis and was created on the drawing board in the 1980s. For the settlement of the Yazidis other Yazidi villages were depopulated.
population
To the population Sharyas mainly include Yazidis . Since 1999 it has been observed that the Yazidi population is being expelled and the Arab population is being settled.
history
After the mass exodus of the Yazidis from the Sinjar region in 2014, a refugee camp for the Yazidis was set up in Sharya . The refugee camp consists of tents, which were provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , among others . Many Yazidis found refuge in this camp, where they still live today. Over 31,000 Yazidi refugees from Sinjar are currently living in Sharya.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Irene Dulz: The Yezidi in Iraq: between "model village" and escape . LIT Verlag Münster, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8258-5704-2 ( google.de [accessed on December 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Raya Jalabi: Yazidi sisters reunited after three years in captivity Islamic State . In: US ( reuters.com [accessed December 1, 2018]).
- ^ Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich Germany: These Yezidi women are fighting against IS. Accessed December 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Life in the ditch. Accessed December 1, 2018 .