Dashqotan | |
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Coordinates: 36°39′25″N 43°13′00″E / 36.65696°N 43.21667°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
District | Tel Kaif District |
Dashqotan ( Arabic: دشقوتان) [1] [nb 1] is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains.
In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East. [1] [4]
The Assyrian Aid Society provided a water pump for the village in 2012. [5] The Supreme Committee of Christian Affairs had constructed 33 houses and a church at Dashqotan by 2013. [6] The village's population was forced to flee the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive in August 2014. [7] In 2015, 15 displaced Christian families inhabited Dashqotan. [8] A power generator was provided to the village by the United States Agency for International Development in October 2019. [9] As of March 2021, the village is inhabited by 112 Assyrians in 25 families. [10]
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