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Sandur, Iraq
The village of Sandur (Sandor, Sindur, Sundur, סונדור) in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
Description
The village was located not far from Dohuk and was an entirely Jewish village. The houses were arranged around the synagogue which was in the center of the town and the residents were mainly involved in farming and agriculture.
There were 2 cemeteries in Sandur, one for Kohanim (Priests) and one for all the other Jews.
Unfortunately, the city and all is structures were destroyed by Saddam, but the local residents of the neighboring villages remember the Jews residents.
1950 as many as 500 remained http://www.jewishkurdistan.org/sandur/
Sandur, Iraq
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Sources
Coordinates from Erin O.J.
Interview with Z. Shemuel.
For more on Sandur, see The Encyclopedia of Kurdish Jews (Hebrew) by Mordechai Yonah, page 160 and Jewish Communities in Kurdistan (Hebrew) by Avraham ben Yaaov, page 67.