Alqosh
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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.
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- Settlement.official_name
- Alqosh
- Settlement.native_name
- ܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- File:I ♡ Alqosh Sign.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entry way sign, spelling "I ♡ Alqosh"
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- Iraq
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- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nineveh Governorate
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tel Kaif District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1500 BC
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- De-facto control
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Landmarks
- Christianity
- Association with the Prophet Nahum
- Attacks
- Demographics
- Relations with the Kurdish regional government
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alqosh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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