Translated by : Aziz Emmanule Zebari

 

The village of Banasor was built on the site of an older village with the same name. It is a totally new village built through support and instructions from Mr. Sarkis Aghajan. The village lies on the left side of the access road leading to the village of Nuhawa. It is pierced by a water stream which is lined with reinforced concrete used to water the areas it passes by.

The construction of the village started on 26th September 2006 by building (20) houses for displaced Christian families from Mosul and Baghdad to the District of Aqra, by the Higher Committee for Christian Affairs in Duhok. The first milestone was completed in 20/2 / 2007 whereby the Christian families covered by tranche moved into the village.

In 1/9/2008 work started on building another (30) houses which were completed in 20/1/ 2009 and also inhabited by the families.

To secure the need of the village for drinking water and other uses, a water well was dug on the opposite side of the road. A big school of (6) class rooms, administration rooms and other premises, was built for teaching various grades.

Simultaneously, and on the opposite side of the road, another (15) houses were built for the inhabitants of the old Nuhawa village who wish for their village to be called New Nuhawa to differentiate it from the old Nuhawa where (10) Christian families still live along with a larger number of Kurdish families.

The Higher Committee for Christian Affairs in Duhok also built a church in the village on an area of 2,522 sq.m. The nave of the church is 2, 250 sq.m. with a capacity of 150-160 worshippers. The building includes some other necessary annexes along with a backyard and external wall.

The committee also supplied the village with a power supply electric generator and linked it to the national grid.