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'''Zawita''' ({{lang-ku|Zawîte}},{{lang-ar|زاويتة}}, {{lang-syr|ܙܘܝܬܐ}}), is an historically [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] town of about 5,000 people in the [[Dohuk Governorate]].<ref>[http://www.irak-genopbygning.dk/myiraq/atournor1.htm A Tour in the north.]</ref>
The name of the village is thought to come from [[Syriac]] ''ܙܘܝܬܐ'' meaning "corner."<ref>{{cite book|last=Rudolf Wittkower, Douglas Fraser, Howard Hibbard, Milton J. Lewine|title=Essays in the history of architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower , Volume 1|year=1967|publisher=Phaidon|page=9|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hcAMAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>

The village is inhabited mainly by [[Kurds]] and the second biggest group being the [[Assyrians]]. At one point it was home to mostly Assyrians, prior to the [[Simele massacre]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Royal Central Asian Society, Central Asian Society, London|title=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society , Volume 21|year=1934|publisher=Royal Central Asian Society|location=London|page=46|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xhTMXTvVNjUC}}</ref>

A number of Assyrian Christian-owned businesses in the village were looted and burned downed during the [[2011 Dohuk riots]].<ref name=alsumaria>{{cite news|title=إضرام النار وسط فندق سياحي في دهوك واعتقال 32 شخصا إثر الحادث|url=http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/2/32387/news-details-.html|accessdate=4 December 2011|newspaper=alsumarianews.com|date=4 December 2011}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province]]
[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]
[[Category:Assyria]]
[[Category:Hakkari]]


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