Simele
Simele | |
|---|---|
  Simele Location in Iraq  Simele Simele (Iraq) | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′30″N 42°51′0.35″E / 36.85833°N 42.8500972°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Autonomous region |  Kurdistan Region[1] |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| Population (2018) | 71,600 |
Simele (Kurdish: Sêmêl ,سێمێل),[2][3] Syriac: ܣܡܠܐ[4]) is an Assyrian[5][6] town located in the Dohuk province of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The town is on the main road that connects Kurdistan Region to its neighbour Turkey. It is 14 km (8.7 mi) west of the city of Dohuk.
History
Simele massacre
The Assyrian people, who resided in Simele and its neighbouring area, were subjected to a massacre on August 7th, 1933, implemented by the Iraqi government. The massacre was the first state-sponsored massacre in Iraq's young history after the establishment of Iraq in 1921. An estimated 3,000 Assyrians died during the 1933 massacre.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Kurdistan Regional Government". KRG. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "سێمێل". duhok.gov.krd/ (in Kurdish). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Daxûyanî ya serokatî ya Perlemana kurdistanê". Government of Kurdistan Reigon (in Kurdish). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Syriac Writers Union" (PDF). Sapra Suryaya. 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Baarda, Tijmen C. (2020-02-26). "Arabic and the Syriac Christians in Iraq: Three Levels of Loyalty to the Arabist Project (1920–1950)". Arabic and its Alternatives: 143–170. doi:10.1163/9789004423220_007.
- ^ Robson, Laura (2016-01-02). "Peripheries of belonging: military recruitment and the making of a 'minority' in wartime Iraq". First World War Studies. 7 (1): 23–42. doi:10.1080/19475020.2016.1159595. ISSN 1947-5020.
- ^ "Iraq: continuous and silent ethnic cleansing Displaced persons in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraqi refugees in Iran" (PDF). FIDH: 17. January 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
