Shekhan District

The Shekhan District is a district in the with its administrative centre at . The district is disputed between and , therefore it is one of the disputed territories of northern Iraq.
Wikipedia
Photo: Chaldean, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town
  • Description: district in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Ash Shīkhān Qadhā’”, “En Sifne”, “Qaḑā’ ash Shaykhān”, and “Shaikhān Qadhā’”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ain Sifni and Jirawanah.

Town
also known as Shekhan, is a town and subdistrict in the Shekhan District of the Nineveh Plains, within the of northern .

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 4½ km southeast of Shekhan District.

Village
Photo: Farhad.y.k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Shekhan District.

Shekhan District

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
node 2488246719
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
98612
Wiki­data ID
Q5987917
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Shekhan District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشيخان (منطقه)”
  • Arabic: “الشيخان”
  • Arabic: “عين سفني”
  • Arabic: “قضاء الشيخان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şeyxan qəzası”
  • Cebuano: “Shekhan District”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەزای شێخان”
  • Chinese: “捨琨县”
  • 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

Explore places such as سەروکانی and Sarukani.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مدیریه جنسیه شیخان and مركز صحي الشيخان.

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