Til Ezer (Kurdish: تل ئهزهر, romanized: Tel Ezêr, Arabic: القحطانية, also known in Arabic as al-Qaḥṭānīya or Qahtaniyah, also spelled Giruzer, Kar Izir, Kahtaniya) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount, in the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.
Til Ezer | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 36°12′7″N 41°41′13″E / 36.20194°N 41.68694°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Ninawa |
District | Sinjar District |
Population (July 2014) | |
• Total | 28,000 |
Til Ezer is populated by Yazidis. It was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community.