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'''Sharafiya''' is a [[Assyrians|Assyrian]] village located in [[Iraq]]'s [[Assyrian hometown|Assyrian region]]. |
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The village is located about 40 Kilometers North of the city of [[Mosul]], and is on the main road that connects Mosul to the largest Assyrian town, [[Alqosh]] (Sharafiya is only 5 Kilometers South of Alqosh.) The village is considered to be one of the poorest villages of the area. |
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'''Sharafiya''' is a village located in [[Nineveh Governorate]] in [[Iraq]]. |
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The village is located about 40 Kilometers northwest of the city of [[Mosul]], and is on the main road that connects [[Mosul]] to [[Alqosh]], which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Prior to its destruction by the [[Islamic State]], it was home to about 400 families.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Giovanni |first=Janine di |title=The Vanishing: In the field: the burgeoning understanding of moral injury |url=https://harpers.org/archive/2018/12/the-vanishing-christians-in-iraq-syria-egypt/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |work=Harper's Magazine |language=en |volume=December 2018 |issn=0017-789X}}</ref> After the defeat of the Islamic State in the region by the Kurdish [[Peshmerga]], the village's Church of St. George was restored and baptisms of infants resumed in January 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 August 2014 |title=Battle rages for control of Mosul dam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/8/18/battle-rages-for-control-of-mosul-dam |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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The village rests on a plateau that is penetrated by small valleys, and is known for its seasonal crop growing such as wheat, grains and vegetables. The region also is fertile for growing cattle, sheep, goats and domesticated birds (chicken and turkey). The widespread profession of the region’s population is agriculture and growing up domesticated animals, which forms a reasonable source of income. |
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==See also== |
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The population of the Sharafiya are all Assyrians. They migrated from their original inhabitancy of [[Hakkari]], southern [[Turkey]], during [[World War I]]. They dwelled in the village since early twenties of the 20th century and are followers of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]]. There are few families who belond to the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]]. There are two Churches in the village: A Catholic Church and a Orthodox Church named Mar Gewarges (St. George.) |
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*[[List of Assyrian settlements]] |
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*[[Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq]] |
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*[[Assyrians in Iraq]] |
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*[[Yazidis in Iraq]] |
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== Sources == |
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Sharafiya and its surrounding lands are owned by the Church of Alqosh which is known as convent of the Lady (St. Mary Monastry) in Alqosh. The former Iraqi president [[Saddam Hussein]] visited the village in the mid 1980s and was astonished of the cleanness of its residents and their adherence to their village. Upon his learning that they were unable to build new houses because the land was in the possession of the convent of the Lady in Alqosh, he ordered that each family to own a piece of land and assist them in building new houses. The fertile lands that were used for cultivation were, however, kept in the possession of the Church. |
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There is an old elementary school in the village attended by 62 students of both genders. The school is made of mud and wood, and has only 2 room-classes. This has forced officals of the school to put 1st and 2nd graders in one room, and 3rd and 4th graders in another. The high school students who are numbered some 50 boys and girls attend school in Alqosh. There are 17 college students who attend the faculties of [[Mosul University]]. |
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As of 2006, there is a total of 90 families living in Sharafiya totaling 450. |
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[[Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate]] |
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There are other Christian Assyrian and [[Yizidis]] villages to the east and south of Sharafiya; [[Tel Skuf]] which is a Christian village, is 9 Kilometers south of Sharafiya. Among nearby Yisidis villages are Beban, Shekhka, Hatara and Badriya. |
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Revision as of 11:46, 4 May 2024
Sharafiya | |
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  Sharafiya | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′20″N 43°5′46″E / 36.68889°N 43.09611°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh |
| District | Tel Kaif |
| Population | |
| • Total | 500 |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Sharafiya is a village located in Nineveh Governorate in Iraq.
The village is located about 40 Kilometers northwest of the city of Mosul, and is on the main road that connects Mosul to Alqosh, which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Prior to its destruction by the Islamic State, it was home to about 400 families.[1] After the defeat of the Islamic State in the region by the Kurdish Peshmerga, the village's Church of St. George was restored and baptisms of infants resumed in January 2018.[1][2]
See also
- List of Assyrian settlements
- Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq
- Assyrians in Iraq
- Yazidis in Iraq
Sources
- ^ a b Giovanni, Janine di. "The Vanishing: In the field: the burgeoning understanding of moral injury". Harper's Magazine. Vol. December 2018. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Battle rages for control of Mosul dam". Al Jazeera. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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