Dashqotan

Dashqotan is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains.
In the village, there is a church of the Mary, [mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary] of the Ancient Church of the East.

History

The Assyrian Aid Society provided a water pump for the village in 2012. The Supreme Committee of Christian Affairs had constructed 33 houses and a church at Dashqotan by 2013. The village's population was forced to flee the Islamic [State of Iraq and the Levant] Northern [Iraq offensive (August 2014)|offensive] in August 2014. In 2015, 15 displaced person|displaced] Christian families inhabited Dashqotan. A power generator was provided to the village by the United States Agency for [International Development] in October 2019. As of March 2021, the village is inhabited by 112 Assyrians in 25 families.