Bozan

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Bozan
location
Bozan (Iraq)
Bozan
Bozan
Coordinates 36 ° 44 ′  N , 43 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 44 ′  N , 43 ° 8 ′  E
Country IraqIraq Iraq
Governorate Ninawa
District Tel Kaif
Basic data
height 564  m
View of the village of Bozan
View of the village of Bozan

Bozan (also Buzan , Arabic بوزان) is a Yazidi village in northern Iraq . The village is located 4 km east of Alqosh in the Tel Kaif district in the Ninawa governorate . The place is located in the Nineveh Plain and is one of the disputed areas of Northern Iraq .

population

To the population Bozans mainly include Yazidis .

wilderness

The wild goat is native to the mountains of Bozan .

Bozan's wilderness

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul S. Rowe: Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East . Routledge, 2018, ISBN 978-1-317-23378-7 ( google.de [accessed December 2, 2018]).
  2. a b Amid slaughter of a people, a boy finds hope in America - CNN . In: CNN . ( cnn.com [accessed December 2, 2018]).
  3. Ali N. Al-Barazengy, Adel Salman O., Bushra A. Omar: NEW SIGHTING OF THE WILD GOAT Capra aegagrus (ERXLEBEN, 1777) Nineveh PROVINCE, NORTHERN IRAQ. In: Iraqi Ministry of Environment / Center of Sustainable Management for Natural Ecosystem-biodiversity unit. 2015, accessed December 2, 2018 .