Bozan, Iraq
Appearance
Bozan
بوزان | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°44′15″N 43°7′45″E / 36.73750°N 43.12917°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Ninawa |
District | Tel Keppe District |
Time zone | GMT +3 |
• Summer (DST) | GMT +4 |
Bozan (Arabic: بوزان, Kurdish: Bozan ,بۆزان)[1][2] is a Yazidi village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) East of Alqosh and 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Mosul in the Nineveh plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[3][4]
Bozan has a mainly Yazidi population.[5]
History
The village was originally an Assyrian village known as Bet Bozi according to early literary sources.[6][7]
Wildlife
The vulnerable wild goat (Capra aegagrus) lives in nearby Buzan Mountain.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Çavsoriya Tirkan a li ser avê". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "سمينارهك لدۆر توندوتيژيا خێزانى ل گوندێ بۆزان هاته گێران" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Bozan Map, Weather and Photos". getamap.net.
- ^ Gazetteer of Iraq: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency. 1990. p. 98.
- ^ Moni Basu (3 September 2014). "Amid slaughter of a people, a boy finds hope in America". CNN.
- ^ "The Struggle to Exist, Part II: Violence against Assyrian Communities in Nineveh Province's Disputed Territories" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Wilmhurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. p. 203.
- ^ Al-Barazengy, Ali N.; Salman, Adel O.; Omar, Bushra A. (2015). "New sighting of the wild goat c apra aegagrus in Nineveh province, northern Iraq". IASJ. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Iraq). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bozan, Iraq.
- Shayoka, Sam. "Buzan (Bozay) Village قرية بوزان (بوزاي) ومناطق تجارية ..." Doovi. Retrieved 15 December 2016.