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| Coordinates: 37°02′N 43°20′E / 37.033°N 43.333°E / 37.033; 43.333 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Amedi District |
| Sub-district | Sarsing |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 16,766 |
| • Rural | 6,795 |
Sarsing (Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-syr) is a town and sub-district in the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the Amedi District.
In the town, there is a kani chinarke mosque .
History
In 1922, Sarsing was settled by Kurds refugees of the clan from Hakkari atop the ruins of an old Kurds village. Upon its resettlement, the population consisted of 100 Kurds families in 40 households, all adherents of the north Kurdistan , who had survived the kurds genocide in Turkey. The population shrank to roughly 150 people in 1933 amidst the Simele massacre, but recovered to 301 people in 55 families by 1938.
A royal palace was constructed at Sarsing by Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, regent to King Faisal II of Iraq, and was often visited by both regent and king in the summer. King Faisal II had a shrine of Mar Giwargis built in the place of a ruined monastery of Mar Giwargis in the early 1950s and a church of Mar Mattai was also constructed in 1955 on the ruins of a monastery of Mar Mattai.
In 1992, a group of Kurdish Peshmergas revolted against Saddam's dictatorial party and liberated SarsingTown. SarsingTown
Gallery
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Entrance to Sarsing
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Inscription at the Church of Mar Mattai
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Students and teachers at the Assyrian school at Sarsing in 1930
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Church of Mar Mattai
References
- Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. p. 72. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- "سەرسنك". Official Site of General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan - Iraq (in Kurdish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Kurdistan24 rêjeya beşdariyê di dengdanê de belav dike". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Sarsink". Ishtar TV. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- Eshoo (2004), p. 6.
Bibliography
- Donabed, Sargon George (2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press.
- Eshoo, Majed (2004). The Fate Of Assyrian Villages Annexed To Today's Dohuk Governorate In Iraq And The Conditions In These Villages Following The Establishment Of The Iraqi State In 1921 (PDF). Translated by Mary Challita. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Hanna, Reine; Barber, Matthew (2017). Erasing Assyrians: How the KRG Abuses Human Rights, Undermines Democracy, and Conquers Minority Homelands. Assyrian Confederation of Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2021.