Qasrok, Iraq
Qasrok
قەسرۆک, Qesrok, قصروك | |
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Town | |
Qasrok Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′44″N 43°36′5″E / 36.69556°N 43.60139°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Region | Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| District | Shekhan District |
| Majority Kurdish, with an Assyrian minority | |
| Demonym | Qasroki |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Arabian Standard Time) |
| Area code | +964 |
Qasrok (Kurdish: قەسرۆک, Qesrok,[1][2] Arabic: قصروك) is an Iraqi town located in the Shekhan District of the Nineveh Governorate. Qasrok's residents are mostly Kurds with a small Assyrian minority.
The town and the surrounding villages were demolished and later settled by Arabs during the late 1960s. Most of the Arabs, however, returned to their original settlements after the 2003 US invasion.
History
A number of the town's village's, such as Badariyah, Bajilla, Malla-Birwan, and Kifre, were Yazidi villages settled by Assyrians from the Tkhuma tribe and were destroyed during the Simele massacre.[3]
References
- Basic information about Shekhan District, Christian Aid Program in Iraq
- ^ "Li Dihok û Silêmanî qeza: 2 kes mirin". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "١٢٥ دۆنەمێن گەنمی ل ناحیا قەسرۆک ھاتنە سۆتن | Evro News". p. ku. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Donabed, Sargon (2015-02-01). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8605-6.