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Baadre
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Baadre |
| native_name | Baedrê, باعەدرێ |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Yezidi town of Baadre, near Shekhan in Duhok Governorate 11.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Iraq |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Iraq |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Iraq |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Kurdistan Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Governorate |
| subdivision_name2 | Dohuk Governorate |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Shekhan District |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Shamal M. Adeeb |
| unit_pref | Metric |
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| area_blank2_km2 | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
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tags --| area_footnotes = Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (, ) is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. According to 2014 statistics, Baadre's urban population was 9,835 and the rural population was 5,167.
Baadre's residents are mostly Yazidis and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis as it has been the base of the group's leader, the Mir. The castle of the princely family is found here.
History
The village was originally an Assyrian village known as Bet Edrai.
In Ba'athist Iraq, the population of Baadre was deported because of their support for Peshmerga.
According to Shamal Adeeb, who was the town's mayor at the time, the town and the 10 villages in the vicinity took in 2,028 displaced families totaling 12,115 people fleeing the Sinjar massacre in 2014
References
References
- (6 June 2019). "Li nêzîkî Şêxanê 5 kesên ji malbatekê canê xwe ji dest dan". Rûdaw.
- "چەند پرۆژەیەک لە باعەدرێ جێبەجێ دەکرێن". [[Kurdistan Democratic Party]].
- "Demographic Survey: Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Iraq".
- (September 19, 2014). "Escape from Mount Sinjar". National Review.
- Allison, Christine. (2004-02-20). "Yazidis i: General".
- "The Yazidi mausoleum Mîr Alî Beg in Ba'adrê".
- Wilmhurst, David. (2000). "The Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913".
- (2018). "Yezidi Identity Politics and Political Ambitions in the Wake of the ISIS Attack". Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
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