Community town · Sinjar (Shingal)
Snûne Sinûnê
A town on the northern side of Mount Sinjar and one of the larger return points in the district.
Overview
About Snûne
Snûne lies on the northern flank of Mount Sinjar and is one of the more substantial towns of the district. It has served since 2015 as a point of return and as a base for services in an area still recovering from the occupation.
Like the rest of Sinjar, Snûne's recovery is entangled with displacement, contested security arrangements, and the slow pace of reconstruction.
This is a community place rather than a primarily religious one. Population and return figures move and are always given with a source and a date rather than stated as fixed.
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Coordinates and external references
Coordinates are approximate and provided for orientation. They should be re-checked against an authoritative gazetteer before any operational use.
Source note
References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion
Bloomsbury, 2014. Anchor reference for Yazidi sacred sites, shrines, architecture, and material culture, including Lalish and the shrines of Sinjar and Sheikhan.
The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan
Routledge, 2001. Reference for place, community, and identity in the Iraqi Yazidi heartland of Sheikhan and Sinjar.
The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq
I.B. Tauris, 1999. Settlement, society, and administration of Sinjar and Sheikhan in the late Ottoman and mandate periods.