Dughata

Village in Iraq

Dughata

Doxata

دوغات

Village

Dughata

Location in Iraq

Coordinates: 36°38′33″N 43°6′48″E﻿ / ﻿36.64250°N 43.11333°E﻿ / 36.64250; 43.11333
Country|  Iraq
Region|  Kurdistan Region (de facto)
Governorate| Nineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
District| Tel Kaif District

Dughata (also written Doghata, Dughat, Doghan or Dokhata, Arabic: دوغات; Kurdish: دۆخاتا, romanized: Doxata[1]) is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located ca. 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Alqosh and ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[2][3]

Dughata has an exclusively Yazidi population.[3]

Yazidi temple in Dughata

## References

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1. ^ "Bi çavdêrya berêz"Şêx Şamo" qenepe bo holên laliş li Gundên Xoşaba û Doxata hatine dabînkirin". Bingehê Laliş (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. ^ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
3. ^ a b "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.

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Nineveh Plains in Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq

Main settlements|

| Al-Hamdaniya District|

* Qaraqosh
* Bartella
* Karamlesh
* Bashiqa
* Bahzani

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Tel Kaif District|

* Tel Keppe
* Alqosh
* Batnaya
* Tesqopa
* Baqofa
* Sharafiya
* Bozan
* Khatarah

Shekhan District|

* Ain Sifni
* Dashqotan
* Qasrok
* Ba'adra

Religious sites|

| Christian|

| Chaldean Catholic Church|

* Rabban Hormizd Monastery (640)
* Mar Oraha Monastery (6th century)
* Tomb of Prophet Nahum

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Syriac Catholic Church|

* Mar Behnam Monastery (4th century)

Syriac Orthodox Church|

* Mar Mattai Monastery (363)
* Monastery of Saint John of Dailam (7th century)

Yazidis|

* Lalish (1414)

Archaeological sites|

* Balawat
* Shibaniba
* Nimrud
* Dur-Sharrukin
* Tell Arpachiyah
* Tepe Gawra

See also|

* Peshmerga
* Nineveh Plain Protection Units
* Nineveh Plain Forces
* Qaraqosh Protection Committee
* Dwekh Nawsha

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