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Sanat, Iraq

Coordinates: 37°21′15.1″N 42°47′16.4″E / 37.354194°N 42.787889°E / 37.354194; 42.787889
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Sanat
ܐܣܢܟܼ / سناط
Former village
Map
Location of Sanat within Iraq
Location of Sanat within Iraq
Sanat
Location in Iraq
Location of Sanat within Iraq
Location of Sanat within Iraq
Sanat
Sanat (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°21′15.1″N 42°47′16.4″E / 37.354194°N 42.787889°E / 37.354194; 42.787889
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDuhok Governorate
PopulatedBy 1913
Population
 (1913)
 • Total
600
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
ISO 3166 codeIQ

Sanat (Classical Syriac: ܐܣܢܟܼ, Kurdish: سناط) is an Assyrian village located in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.[1] It is situated in the Dohuk district of the Kurdistan Region.[2]

History

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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

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  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.