Sharya (also written Shariya, Arabic: شاريا, Kurdish: ,شاریا, romanized: Şariya[1][2]) is a Yazidi-inhabited town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The town is located ca.
15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Dohuk.
[3] Around Sharya, the following Yazidi shrines are found:[4]