Simele or Semel (Kurdish: سێمێل, romanized: Sêmêl,[2][3] Arabic: سميل,[4] Syriac: ܣܡܠܐ[5]) is a town located in the Dohuk province of Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

The town is on the main road that connects Kurdistan Region to its neighbor Turkey.

[8][9] The main Assyrian tribe in Simele at the time was Baz.

[10] In 2011, the population was mostly Kurdish with a small Assyrian minority of 635 people.

[11] A small Armenian minority is still exists in the town.