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'''Avzruk''' ({{lang-ar|أفزروك}}, {{lang-syr|ܐܒܙܪܘܓ}}, {{lang-ku|Avzarok}}) is a village in the [[Iraq]]i province of [[Dohuk Governorate|Dohuk]] and is 30km from [[Zakho]]. Avzrog has a total population of about 300 people and is located in the Sulaivany area in the western part of Dohuk. The Sulaivany area is situated between [[Sumail]] and the mountains south of [[Zakho]].

The village is composed of two parts, the largest being that of the  [[Armenians]] known as Avzruk Miri and the other of [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], known as Avzruk sheno and is 10 km away from the Armenian village. The [[Armenians|Armenian]] inhabitants speak [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] rather than [[Armenian language|Armenian]] whilst the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] people speak [[Aramaic]]. All the people are [[Christian]].

==Etymology==
The name of the village comes from the [[Kurdish language]]; ''av'' means water and ''zrog'' - yellow.
 
==History==
It was built for the first time in 1932 when the Armenians of Zakho and its suburbs decided to establish the village and settle in it.

The village was destroyed in 1975 and the people were forced to flee. They were replaced by [[Arab]] tribes as a part of the arabisation policy of [[Saddam Hussein]]’s regime{{Fact|date=September 2007}}. The arabisation policy was concentrated in the region of Sulaivany{{Fact|date=September 2007}}.

Following [[Gulf War|1991]], with northern Iraq out of control of the central regime protected by the [[UN]] and administered by a local government, the Arab tribes fled the region and returned to their original homes, predominantly south of [[Mosul]].

==See also==
*[[Armenians in Iraq]]
*[[Assyrians in Iraq]]

[[Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province]]
[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]
[[Category:Armenian diaspora communities]]