Alqosh
Sign in to saveAlqosh (, , , alternatively spelled Alkosh, Alqoš, or Alqush) is a town in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District situated 45 km north of the city of Mosul.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alqosh
- Settlement.native_name
- ܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:I ♡ Alqosh Sign.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entry way sign, spelling "I ♡ Alqosh"
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nineveh Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Nineveh Governorate
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.alqosh.net
- Image
- Iraqvillagealqosh.JPG
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Landmarks
- Christianity
- Association with the Prophet Nahum
- Attacks
- Demographics
- Relations with the Kurdish regional government
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Alqosh (, , , alternatively spelled Alkosh, Alqoš, or Alqush) is a town in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District situated 45 km north of the city of Mosul.
The inhabitants of Alqosh are Assyrians who since the 18th century now mostly adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church. During the Iron Age, the Alqosh plain appears to have been home to the small regional kingdom of Qumāne, but was subsequently annexed by Assyria.