Khanke

{{other uses|Khanka (disambiguation)}} {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Khanke | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | pushpin_map = Iraq | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Iraq | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kurdistan Region}} | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | subdivision_name2 = Dohuk Governorate | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Simele District | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|36|47|24|N|42|47|53|E|region:IQ-NI|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | name = }} '''Khanke''' (also written '''Khanik''' or '''Khanek''', {{langx|ku|خانکێ|translit=Xankê}}<ref>{{cite news |title=ناڤەندا خانکێ یا ئێکەتیا ئافرەتێن کوردستانێ ھاتە ڤەکرن {{!}} Evro News |url=https://evronews.net/ku/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A4%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8E-%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A6%DB%8E%DA%A9%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8E%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1/148971/ |accessdate=19 December 2019 |agency=Evronews |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wezîra Parastina Îtaliya li Dihokê çû nav koçberên Kurdên Êzidî |url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/100520168 |publisher=Rûdaw |accessdate=19 December 2019 |language=ku |date=10 May 2016}}</ref>) is a town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan region. The town is located ca. {{convert|20|km|mi}} southwest of Dohuk.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6421411229.pdf|title=Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture|last=Saadi Azuo|first=Heerish|date=June 2016|website=Near East University|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091205/http://docs.neu.edu.tr/library/6421411229.pdf|archive-date=2020-04-13|access-date=2018-12-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Khanke is populated by Yazidis.<ref name=":0" />

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Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province Category:Yazidi communities in Iraq