Kocho, Iraq

Kocho
Village
Kocho
Kocho within Iraq
Coordinates: 36°10′N 41°44′E / 36.167°N 41.733°E / 36.167; 41.733
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Time zoneUTC+3 (GMT+3)

Kocho (Kurdish: کۆچۆ, romanized: Koço; Arabic: كوجو) is a village in Sinjar District, south of the Sinjar Mountains in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. It is considered one of the disputed territories of Northern Iraq and is populated by Yazidis. The village came to international attention in 2014 due to the genocide of Yazidis committed by the Islamic State.

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