Sinjar (Arabic: سنجار‎, Sinjar; Latin: Singara), also known as Shingal (Central Kurdish: شەنگال, Shengali: Şengal; Classical Syriac: ܫܝܓܳܪ, Shiggor) and formerly Sanjár, is a town in Sinjar District, Nineveh Province, Iraq near Mount Sinjar. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023. The town is mainly inhabited by Yazidis with Arab and Assyrian minorities.The important Chermera temple (meaning 40 Men) is found at the highest peak of the Sinjar Mountains.