Tesqopa
Tesqopa or Tel Skuf, also Tel Eskof or Tall Asqaf is a town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles north of Mosul. The town is populated by Assyrians and they are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Iraq
- Also known as: “Tall Usquf”, “Tel Isqof”, “Tel Uskof”, “Til Asquf”, and “تلسقۆف”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baqofah and Sreshka.
Baqofah
Village
Baqofah is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains. In the village, there is a Chaldean Catholic church of Mar Gewargis. Baqofah is situated 2½ km southeast of Tesqopa.
Sreshka
Village
Sreshka is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located ca. 13 kilometres south of Alqosh and ca. Sreshka is situated 5 km northeast of Tesqopa.
Batnaya
Village
Batnaya is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains. In the village, there are Chaldean Catholic churches of Mar Quriaqos and Mart Maryam. The Mar Oraha Monastery is also located near the village. Batnaya is situated 7 km south of Tesqopa.
Tesqopa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tel Keppe District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.60133° or 36° 36′ 5″ northLongitude
43.10705° or 43° 6′ 25″ eastElevation
338 metres (1,109 feet)Open location code
8H85J424+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 2488247394OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Tesqopa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل أسقف”
- Arabic: “تل اسقف”
- Arabic: “تللسقف”
- Arabic: “قرية تللسقف”
- Central Kurdish: “تەلسقۆف”
- Dutch: “Tel Isqof”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تللسقف”
- French: “Tall Asqaf”
- German: “Tall Asqaf”
- German: “Telskuf”
- German: “Tesqopa”
- Kurdish: “Tel Esqef”
- Kurdish: “Til Asqif”
- Kurdish: “تەل ئەسقەف”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel Skuf”
- Norwegian: “Tel Skuf”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܬܠ ܣܩܘܦ”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ”
- Persian: “تسقوپا”
- Spanish: “Tesqopa”
- Swedish: “Tel Skuf”
- Turkish: “Tel İskof”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Telskuf’s Park and Telskuf Park.
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