Iraq
Nineveh Governorate
Shekhan District

Ain Sifni

Ain Sifni also known as Shekhan, is a town and subdistrict in , . It is located in the in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis, most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: Yazidi town in northern Iraq
  • Also known as: “‘Ayn Sifnī”, “Ain Sufni”, “Ash Shaykhan”, “Ash Shaykhān”, “shekhan”, “Shekhan”, and “Shikhan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jirawanah and Essyan.

Locality
Photo: Leviclancy, CC0.
Jerwan is a locality north of in the Nineveh Province of . The site is clear of vegetation and is sparsely settled. The site is famous for the ruins of an enormous crossing the Khenis River, constructed of more than two million dressed stones and using stone arches and waterproof cement. is situated 5 km southeast of Ain Sifni.

Village
Photo: Farhad.y.k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Ain Sifni.

Town
Photo: Leviclancy, CC0.
Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, is a town located in the of the Ninawa Governorate in northern . The town is located in the Nineveh Plains. is situated 9 km northwest of Ain Sifni.

Ain Sifni

Latitude
36.68859° or 36° 41′ 19″ north
Longitude
43.34189° or 43° 20′ 31″ east
Population
11,300
Elevation
512 metres (1,680 feet)
Open location code
8H85M8QR+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 964272084
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
98293
Wiki­data ID
Q4058903
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Ain Sifni” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشيخان”
  • Arabic: “شيخان”
  • Arabic: “عين سفني”
  • Central Kurdish: “شێخان”
  • Chinese: “艾因錫夫尼”
  • Chinese: “艾因锡夫尼”
  • Dutch: “Ain Sifni”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عين سفنى”
  • French: “Ain Sifni”
  • German: “Ain Sifni”
  • German: “Shekhan”
  • Hungarian: “Ain Szifni”
  • Hungarian: “Ain Szufni”
  • Hungarian: “Ajn Szifni”
  • Hungarian: “Ajn Szufni”
  • Hungarian: “Sekán”
  • Kurdish: “‘Eyn Sifnî”
  • Kurdish: “Êsfinê”
  • Kurdish: “êsifnê”
  • Kurdish: “Îsifnê”
  • Kurdish: “Shêxan”
  • Kurdish: “ئيسفنێ”
  • Kurdish: “شێخان”
  • Kurdish: “عەين سفنى”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ain Sifni”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ain Sifni”
  • Norwegian: “Ain Sifni”
  • Persian: “عین سفنی”
  • Russian: “Айн-Сифни”
  • Spanish: “Ain Sifni”
  • Turkish: “Ayn Sifni”

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