Bakhdida

Iraq / Ninawa / al-Hhamdaniyah /
Bakhdida (Syriac:ܒܵܓ݂ܕܝܼܕܵܐ, Arabic: الحمدانية بخديدا ) or Baghdeda, also known as Qaraqosh or Al-Hamdaniya Municipality, is an Assyrian town in the northern Iraq Ninawa Governorate, located about 32 km southeast of the city of Mosul amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Nimrud and Nineveh. It is connected to the main city of Mosul by two main roads. The first runs through the towns of Bartella and Karamles which connects to the city of Arbil as well. The second which was gravel until the 1990's when it was paved, is direct to Mosul.
The city has an avarage population of 50,000 people, including 15,000 Assyrian refugees from other iraqi cities.
There is a small Armenian comunity of nearly 100 people living in the town.

Liberated by ISF from Daesh on 24 october 2016
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhdida
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Coordinates:   36°16'24"N   43°22'14"E

Comments

  • قضاء الحمدانية , بخديدا , قره قوش , قرقوش
  • ناحيةي مةلاقةرة
  • ئه‌م شاری هی كوردانه‌ نه‌ك عاره‌ب
  • كه‌ندیناوه‌ مه‌لاقه‌ره‌
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