Sinjar (Arabic: سنجار‎, Sinjar; Latin: Singara), also known as Shingal (Sorani Kurdish: شەنگال, Şengal; Classical Syriac: ܫܝܓܳܪ, Shiggor) and formerly Sanjár, is a town in Sinjar District, Nineveh Province, Iraq near Mount Sinjar. It is close to the border with Syrian Kurdistan.