Zawita
Town
Zawita is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Zawita
Zawita
Zawita is located in Iraq
Zawita
Zawita
Coordinates: 36°54′21.0″N 43°08′34.0″E / 36.905833°N 43.142778°E / 36.905833; 43.142778
Country Iraq
Autonomous region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictDohuk District

Zawita (Arabic: زاويتة,[1] Kurdish: زاویته, romanized: Zawîte[2][3]) is a town in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The name of the town is thought to come from the Syriac word for "corner."[4]

The town is inhabited mainly by Kurds and the second biggest group is the Assyrians. At one point it was home to mostly Assyrians, prior to the Simele massacre.[5]

A number of Assyrian Christian-owned businesses in the town were looted and burned downed during the 2011 Dohuk riots.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "طائرات تركية تقصف مركبة بمحافظة دهوك وتقتل أربعة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ↑ KRSO (2009). "2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان" (PDF). Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) (in Kurdish). p. 135. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Duhok – Li Zawîte du kes di bîra avê de xeniqîn" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Wittkower; Douglas Fraser; Howard Hibbard; Milton J. Lewine (1967). Essays in the history of architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower , Volume 1. Phaidon. p. 9. ISBN 9780714813011.
  5. ↑ Royal Central Asian Society, Central Asian Society, London (1934). Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society , Volume 21. London: Royal Central Asian Society. p. 46.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "إضرام النار وسط فندق سياحي في دهوك واعتقال 32 شخصا إثر الحادث". Ishtar TV. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

36°54′21″N 43°8′34″E / 36.90583°N 43.14278°E / 36.90583; 43.14278

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