Bozan, Iraq

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

بوزان
Village
Bozan
Coordinates: 36°44′15″N 43°7′45″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictTel Keppe District
Time zoneGMT +3
 • Summer (DST)GMT +4

Bozan has a mainly Yazidi population.[5]

View of the Bozan hilly region

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
  1. "Çavsoriya Tirkan a li ser avê". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "سميناره‌ك لدۆر توندوتيژيا خێزانى ل گوندێ بۆزان هاته‌ گێران" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Bozan Map, Weather and Photos". getamap.net.
  4. Gazetteer of Iraq: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency. 1990. p. 98.
  5. Moni Basu (3 September 2014). "Amid slaughter of a people, a boy finds hope in America". CNN.
  6. "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.
  7. Wilmhurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. p. 203.
  8. 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.
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