Gohbal
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Gohbal | |
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Village | |
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  Gohbal Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°30′48″N 41°57′15″E / 36.51333°N 41.95417°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
| • Total | 13,281 |
Gohbal (Arabic: كوهبل; Kurdish: گوهبهل, romanized: Guhbel,[2][3] also known in Arabic as al-Andalus) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1][4]
Gohbal is populated by Yazidis.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "قوتابخانێن كۆمهلگهها گوهبهل هاريكاريێن بنگههێ لالش وهرگرتن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Şingal – Li Sinûnê jineka êzîdî hat kuştin". Basnews (in Kurdish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Yazda Report on Humanitarian Aid and Development Opportunities in Sinjar: Caring for IDPs While Rebuilding and Facilitating Returns" (PDF). yazda.org. January 8, 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-09.[permanent dead link]