well as rice, oil, sesame, wax, lentils and many fruits.
Due to its strategic location and the abundance of job opportunities, Zakho has attracted many workers and job seekers from different parts of Iraq and even from Syria and Turkey. Trade with Turkey is now the major element of the economy. Oil-drilling began in 2005.
The 2011 Dohuk riots which targeted Christian-owned businesses were sparked by Muslim clerics in the town
