Mangesh, Iraq

Coordinates: 37°25′N 43°17′E / 37.417°N 43.283°E / 37.417; 43.283
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Mangesh
ܡܲܢܓܹܫ
Town
A picture of the town of Mangesh, 2011
A picture of the town of Mangesh, 2011
Population
 • Total3,000
Websitewww.mangish.net

Mangesh (Syriac: ܡܲܢܓܹܫ) is an Assyrian town in the region of Dohuk of northern Iraq. The town is located in the Sapna valley between Amedi to the east and Zakho to the west. The town has lots of historic architecture, as it was not destroyed during the Al-Anfal Campaigns of 1988 like most of the other villages and towns in the region, and is the regional center of Mangesh Commune.[1][2]

Several Assyrian leading figures were assassinated under unknown circumstances in the town, and, according to AINA, there is repression of the local Assyrian population by the Kurdistan regional government.[3][4]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ http://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35309.html
  2. ^ http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php?topic=168531.0
  3. ^ Indigenous People in Distress, Fred Aprim
  4. ^ http://aina.org/news/20130920141002.htm

37°25′N 43°17′E / 37.417°N 43.283°E / 37.417; 43.283


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