Beban
Sign in to saveBeban (, ) is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located southeast of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Beban has exclusively Yazidi population.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Beban is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Tel Keppe District, Iraq and Arabic.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NI, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Historic Assyrian communities in Iraq, Populated places in Nineveh Governorate and Yazidi communities in Iraq.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Beban (, ) is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located southeast of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Beban has exclusively Yazidi population.
==Etymology== The name Beban is derived from the Assyrian "Beth-Bane".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beban” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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