Shekhan District
The Shekhan District is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its administrative centre at Ain Sifni. The district is disputed between Duhok Governorate and Nineveh Governorate, therefore it is one of the disputed territories of northern Iraq.
- Type: Town
- Description: district in Iraq
- Also known as: “Ash Shīkhān Qadhā’”, “En Sifne”, “Qaḑā’ ash Shaykhān”, “Shaikhān Qadhā’”, “الشيخان (منطقه)”, and “捨琨县”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ain Sifni and Jirawanah.
Jirawanah
Locality
Shekhan District
- Categories: district of Iraq and locality
- Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.6969° or 36° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
43.3531° or 43° 21′ 11″ east
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
Open location code
8H85M9W3+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Shekhan District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين سفني”
- Arabic: “قضاء الشيخان”
- Azerbaijani: “Şeyxan qəzası”
- Cebuano: “Shekhan District”
- Central Kurdish: “قەزای شێخان”
- Chinese: “舍琨县”
- Chinese: “舍琨縣”
- Dutch: “Shekhan district”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشيخان (قضاء)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشيخان”
- French: “Shekhan”
- German: “En Sifne”
- German: “Schaichān”
- Kurdish: “êsifnê”
- Kurdish: “Şêxan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shekhan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shekhan-distriktet”
- Norwegian: “Shekhan”
- Persian: “شهرستان شیخان”
- Russian: “Айн-Сифни”
- Swedish: “Shekhan”
- Turkish: “Şeyhan”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: سەروکانی and Sarukani.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: مدیریه جنسیه شیخان and مركز صحي الشيخان.
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