Sanat, Iraq

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Sanat
Sanat, Iraq
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Sanat
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Sanat
Sanat (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°21′15.1″N42°47′16.4″E / 37.354194°N 42.787889°E / 37.354194; 42.787889
CountryFlag of Iraq.svg Iraq
RegionFlag of Kurdistan.svg Kurdistan Region
Governorate Duhok Governorate
Time zone UTC+3 (AST)
ISO 3166 code IQ

Sanat is a village located in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. [1] It is situated in the Dohuk district of the Kurdistan Region. [2]

History

In 1913, the village of Sanat (Asnakh) was home to 600 Chaldean Catholics. [3] In 1976 the village was destroyed by Iraq's central government. [4]

As of 2017 village was uninhabited but had a PKK militant presence. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "SANAT HISTORY". SANAT HISTORY. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. ↑ David Gaunt (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. p. 432.
  3. ↑ David Gaunt (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. p. 432.
  4. ↑ Donabed, Sargon (2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press. p. 185. ISBN   978-1474412124.
  5. ↑ "Population Database". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-16.


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