Avzrog
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Avzrog (Avzarok in Kurdish) is a village in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk. The village is split into two areas: One populated by Armenians and the other of the Chaldo-Assyrians.
The village of Avzrog is located in the Sulaivany area in the West of Dohuk. Sulaivany area is situated between Sumail and the mountains in South of Zakho. Avzrog is 30 km from Zakho.
It was constructed for the first time in 1932 when the Armenians of Zakho and suburbs decided to establish the village and settle in in it.
The village was destructed on 1975 and the people were forced to flee. They were replaced by Arab tribes as a part of the arabization policy of Saddam Hussain’s regime. The arabisation policy was concentrated in the region of Slevany.
Following 1991, and North Iraq being out of control of the central regime as it became a secured heaven protected by UN and administrated by local government, the Arab tribes fled the region and went back to their original places, mainly south of Mosul.
The Armenian inhabitants of Avzrog don't speak Armenian. They use the Kurdish language. Despite this fact of speaking Kurdish Armenians in Avzrog maintain their Armenian social identity like folklore and names.
In Avzrog there are about 50 Armenian families (320 people).
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