Borek, Iraq
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Borek
بورك | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°29′32″N 41°51′54″E / 36.49222°N 41.86500°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Ninawa |
District | Sinjar District |
Population (July 2014[1]) | |
• Total | 18,259 |
Borek (also written Burke, Arabic: بورك; Kurdish: بۆرک, romanized: Borik,[2][3] 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.[1][4] Borek has exclusively Yazidi population.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "کۆمەلگەھا بۆرک.. 1500 خێزانێن ئێزدی زڤرینە مالێن خوە". Basnews. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Li Borik'ê pêşangeha wêneyan hat vekirin". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Yazda Report on Humanitarian Aid and Development Opportunities in Sinjar: Caring for IDPs While Rebuilding and Facilitating Returns" (PDF). yazda.org. January 8, 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-09.[permanent dead link]
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