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Goharz Village

Translating from Kurdish : by arinas Goharzi

It is one of Nheil region villages, situates at the rear of Mateen mountain , about  20  kilometers away east of the town of Amedye.

Mateen mountain situates north of the village, and Spnah situates southern of the  village , the higher Zab situates eastern of the village. The western of the village is open, is considered the borders of the villages of Girgash , Mhedi , Rashava , Barche , Blava , Brka Hini , Deralouk residential compound.

The history of this village is ancient and found the life there for hundreds of years, according to our fathers and grandfathers , the name of the village is derived from  the both the eastern and western sides of the village are covered with grapes  orchards  (Raz). they were named it (Goraz ) that means both sides of the village were grapes orchards , and other sources say that the name is (Goharzi) that means beside of the Zab , abbreviated to  (Goharzi).

The water of Goharz descends from Sargali valley in creek form, there are two water wellsprings in this village  :

1- Merki  water wellspring

2- Khdr water wellspring

This village famous for orchards and grapes and cultivating the wheat and barley, lentils and other types of fruits.

In the 1960s and 1970s, there were a religious school where it was studying religious sciences by Mullah Ahmed Goharzi , the science students were coming from many areas to benefit of the sciences  that were teaching in this school.

First school in the village opened formally in 1971, and in 1988 the village has exposed to  the Anfal campaign and the people migrated to Turkey and Iran. in 1991 until 1997 the villagers returned to their homes and built a new village near  the street because people's living and life in this region are better and easier than the old location in the mountain.

the population of the village is 1300 people, they are distributed on 250 head  families  consisting of 11 main families ,  Dadi family is ancient  family.

The traces of the village :

Bari Coleen (stone), which was built in the form of room inside the village containing ( 3 ) sleep beds  and the door and window , and there are dozens of caves , such as  : Cave of  Sheikh  , situates  near the top of the mountain facing the village where Sheikh Ahmad Barzani  spent  several days in this cave.