Ba'adra

Ba'adra Kurdish: ‘Eyn Sifnî
Ba'adra Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°43′05″N 43°15′15″E / 36.71806°N 43.25417°E / 36.71806; 43.25417Coordinates: 36°43′05″N 43°15′15″E / 36.71806°N 43.25417°E / 36.71806; 43.25417{{#coordinates:36|43|05|N|43|15|15|E|type:city_region:IQ=NI |primary |name= }}
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
District	Shekhan
Government
• Mayor	Shamal M. Adeeb[1]

Ba'adra, also rendered Baadre,Badra and Bathra, (Arabic: باعدرة/باعذرة‎, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܕܪܐ), is an historically Assyrian town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Ba'adra's residents are mostly Kurds (Yezidies)with a small Assyrian minority and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis^[1] as it has been the base of the ethnic-regilous group's leader, the Mir.^[2]

The town and the surrounding villages were demolished and later recolonised by Arabs during the late 1960s. Most of Arabs, however, returned to their original settlements after 2003.Template:Cite needed

The town and the 10 nearby villages took in 2,028 additional displaced families totaling 12,115 people due to the Yazidi fleeing the Sinjar massacre.^[1]

v t e Nineveh plains region in northern Iraq
Main settlements	Al-Hamdaniya District Bakhdida Bartella Karemlesh Bashiqa Bahzani Tel Keppe District Tel Keppe Alqosh Batnaya Tesqopa Baqofa Sharafiya Shekhan District Ain Sifni Dashqotan Qasrok Ba'adra
Ancient Mesopotamian sites	Balawat Shibaniba Nimrud Dur-Sharrukin Tell Arpachiyah Tepe Gawra
Religious sites	Mar Mattai Monastery Rabban Hormizd Monastery Lalish Mar Oraha Monastery Mar Behnam Monastery Naqortaya Monastery

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Melchior, Jillian Kay (September 19, 2014). "Escape from Mount Sinjar". National Review. Retrieved October 7, 2014. 
2. ↑ Allison, Christine (2004-02-20). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved August 20, 2010. There are probably some 200,000–300,000 Yazidis worldwide.