Dashqotan (Syriac: ܕܫܩܘܬܢ) is a small Assyrian village located in northern Iraq, about 40 kilometers north of Mosul and 15 kilometers east of Alqosh. Dashqotan is bordered by four Assyrian villages: Aenbaqre, Karanjok, Perozawa and Germawe. Dashqotan was home to four hundred and fifty (450) people who settled in Dashqotan after coming from the mountains in northern Iraq. Currently, there are eighty (80) people still living in the village. The majorities of people migrated from Dashqotan and now are living in USA, Canada, India, Australia. Dashqotan has about 5 square kilometers of good plain farming land. The village is situated on a hill and is surrounded by many meadows. It also has a small river that runs along the west side of the...
