| Dashqotan | |
| Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iraq |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Iraq |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nineveh Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tel Kaif District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Sub-district |
| Coordinates: | 36.657°N 43.2167°W |
Dashqotan (Arabic: دشقوتان) is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains.
In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East.[1]
The Assyrian Aid Society provided a water pump for the village in 2012.[2] The Supreme Committee of Christian Affairs had constructed 33 houses and a church at Dashqotan by 2013.[3] The village's population was forced to flee the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive in August 2014.[4] In 2015, 15 displaced Christian families inhabited Dashqotan.[5] A power generator was provided to the village by the United States Agency for International Development in October 2019.[6] As of March 2021, the village is inhabited by 112 Assyrians in 25 families.[7]
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