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[[Image:Iraqvillagedashqotan3.JPG|thumb|250ppx|A family picnic in Dashqotan]]
'''Dashqotan''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: '''ܕܫܩܘܬܢ''') is a small [[Assyrian Chaldean people|AssyrianChaldean]] village located in northern [[Iraq]], about 40 kilometers north of [[Mosul]] and 15 kilometers east of [[Alqosh]]. Dashqotan is bordered by four Assyrian Chaldean villages: [[Aenbaqre]], [[Karanjok]], [[Perozawa]] and [[Germawe]].
==Population==
==History==
According to the local sources, the [[Yezidi]]s lived in Dashqotan for around fifty years led by the head of the village Phaqer Gendy. The [[Yezidi]]s left the village in 1955 because of a dispute with Dashqotan’s Assyrian Chaldean landlord [[Gabriel Aphende]] over land tax.
In 1915, many Assyrians Chaldeans of Hakkari were forced to espace because of the ongoing [[Assyrian Chaldean Genocide]] committed by the Ottoman Army. At first, many fled to [[Urmia]], [[Iran]]. They then returned to Iraq in 1918 and spent a few years in the Assyrian Chaldean refugee camps of [[Baquba]] and Manden. Later, they returned to [[Hakkari]] to rebuild their destroyed villages. However, again they were forced by the [[Ottoman Empire|Turk]]ish army to flee their villages and were never allowed to return.
In 1956, those [[AssyriaChaldea]]n families were looking for a place to settle in permanently and when they heard that the landlord of Dashqotan village Gabriel Aphende was looking for new tenants they went to see him to discuss the possibility of their settlement in Dashqotan. After agreeing for the settlement those families moved to live in Dashqotan and later many other families followed.
In 1958, Iraq became a republic, many land laws and tax systems changed and people of Dashqotan became the owners of nearly 90% of the land
In 1959, the number of Assyrian Chaldean families grew and Dashqotan became a well-established village. However, Dashqotan had no running water, no electricity, and no school. The children had to travel over one hour to reach a primary school in the nearby Yezedi village of Jarraheia. Meetings and discussions were held between all the five Assyrian Chaldeann villages and a decision was finally reached to build a primary school in Dashqotan because of its prime location in the center of the other four Assyrian Chaldean villages: Aenbaqre, Karanjok, Perozawa and Germawe.
In 1961, the Kurdish/Iraqi war broke out and Dashqotan was effected by this because of its location close to the Kurdish controlled zone. This forced many families to flee to the town of [[Tel Keppe]], which they lived in for few years but later returned after declaring the area a safe zone.
In 1965, primary school in Dashqotan was completed and officially opened. Students from the neighboring Assyrians Chaldeans villages of Aenbaqre, Karanjok, Perozawa and Germawe attended Dashqotan Primary School.
In 1968, hailstorms hit the area and Dashqotan was the most effected. The Hailstorm destroyed all farmers’ crops that also killed wild birds and animals. None of the villagers was seriously injured.
==See also==
*[[List of Assyrian Chaldean villages]]
==References==
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[[Category:Assyrian Chaldean settlements]]
[[Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate]]
