Baadre
Town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (Arabic: باعدرة/باعذرة, Kurdish: باعەدرێ, romanized: Baedrê[2][3]) 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.[4]
Baadre
Baedrê, باعەدرێ | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 36°43′05″N 43°15′15″E | |
Country | Iraq |
Region | Kurdistan Region |
Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
District | Shekhan District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Shamal M. Adeeb[1] |
Baadre's residents are mostly Yazidis and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis[1] as it has been the base of the group's leader, the Mir.[5] The castle of the princely family is found here.[6]
The village was originally an Assyrian village known as Bet Edrai.[7]
In Ba'athist Iraq, the population of Baadre was deported because of their support for Peshmerga.[8]
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[1]
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