Semel

Also known as Simele, Sumel, Summel

Simele or Semel (, , Syriac: ܣܡܠܐ) is a town located in the Dohuk province of Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The town is on the main road that connects the Kurdistan Region to its neighbor Turkey. It is west of Dohuk. The town had a population of 71,557 in July 2018.

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Settlement.native_name: سێمێل
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iraqi Kurdistan#Iraq
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Iraq
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Sêmêl 2012 1.JPG
Settlement.caption: Semel in 2012
Settlement.population_total: 71,557
Settlement.population_as_of: 2018
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dohuk Governorate

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Official name: سێمێل
Population: 110000
Image: Sêmêl 2012 1.JPG

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== Information == In 1849, British traveler Austen Henry Layard described Simele as a Yazidi village “crowned with a mud-built castle,” and recorded meeting a Yazidi chieftain named Abde Agha there.