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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Town
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Shingal
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gptkbp:areaCode
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60
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gptkbp:climate
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semi-arid
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gptkbp:controlledBy
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Iraqi government (as of 2024)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Iraq
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gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad
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about 120 km west
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gptkbp:elevation
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522 meters
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Yazidis
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gptkbp:governingBody
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Sinjar District Council
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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ISIS occupation (2014-2015)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sinjar, Iraq
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gptkbp:liberatedBy
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Kurdish forces (2015)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate
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gptkbp:locatedNear
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gptkb:Sinjar_Mountains
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gptkbp:minorityIn
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gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:Kurds
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gptkbp:municipality
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gptkb:Sinjar_District
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gptkbp:nativeName
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gptkb:سنجار
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Sinjar_massacre_(2014)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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Yazidi religious and cultural center
site of humanitarian crisis (2014)
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 88,000 (as of 2013)
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gptkbp:postalCode
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42009
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gptkbp:region
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northwestern Iraq
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gptkbp:timezone
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AST (UTC+3)
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gptkbp:UNESCOStatus
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on tentative list for World Heritage Site (Sinjar Mountains)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sinjar_massacre
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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