Bozan, Iraq

Bozan
بوزان
Bozan
Coordinates: 36°44′15″N 43°7′45″E / 36.73750°N 43.12917°E / 36.73750; 43.12917Coordinates: 36°44′15″N 43°7′45″E / 36.73750°N 43.12917°E / 36.73750; 43.12917
Country  Iraq
Governorate Ninawa
District Tel Keppe District
Time zone GMT +3
 • Summer (DST) GMT +4 (UTC)

Bozan ( Arabic: بوزان‎‎), also written Buzan or Bawzan, is a town northern Iraq. It is located in Ninawa Governorate, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) East of Alqosh 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Mosul.[1][2]

Bozan has a mainly Yezidi population.[3] Previously it was an Assyrian town.[4]

Wildlife

The vulnerable wild goat (Capra aegagrus) lives in nearby Buzan Mountain.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bozan Map, Weather and Photos". getamap.net.
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of Iraq: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency. 1990. p. 98.
  3. ↑ Moni Basu (3 September 2014). "Amid slaughter of a people, a boy finds hope in America". CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Struggle to Exist, Part II: Violence against Assyrian Communities in Nineveh Province’s Disputed Territories" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Al-Barazengy, Ali N.; Salman, Adel O.; Omar, Bushra A. (2015). "New sighting of the wild goat c apra aegagrus in Nineveh province, northern Iraq". IASJ. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Iraq). Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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