Al-Hamdaniya District

Qaraqosh is a city in the , of located about 32 kilometres southeast of the city of and 60 kilometres west of amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Kalhu and .
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  • Town with about 18,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (900 feet)
  • Description: place in Nineveh, Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Al Hamdaniyah”
    “Al-Hamdaniya”
    “Bakhdida”
    “Qaḑā’ al Ḩamdānīyah”
    “Qarah Qōsh”
    “Qarah Qūsh”
    “Qaraqosh”
    “Qaraqush”
    “مركز قضاء الحمدانية”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karamlesh and Balawat.
Village
is a town in northern located less than 18 miles south east of . is situated 5 km northeast of Al-Hamdaniya District.
Village
is an archaeological site of the ancient… is situated 6 km southeast of Al-Hamdaniya District.
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Latitude
36.271° or 36° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
43.3764° or 43° 22′ 35″ east
Open location code
8H8579CG+CG
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Hamdaniya District” goes by many names.
الحمدانيةArabic
بخديداArabic
بغديداArabic
بغديدهArabic
قرةقوشArabic
قره قوشArabic
قضاء الحمدانيةArabic
ԲախտիդաArmenian
BəqdidəAzerbaijani
БахдзідаBelarusian
আল-হামদানিয়াBengali
কারাকোশBengali
বকদিদাBengali
QaraqoshCatalan
Al-HamdaniyaCebuano
قەرەقووشCentral Kurdish
加拉格什Chinese
KarakošCzech
BakhdidaDanish
BakhdidaDutch
QaraqoshDutch
بغديداEgyptian Arabic
BagdidaFinnish
קראקושHebrew
QaraqoshIrish
アル=ハムダニヤJapanese
アル=ハンダニヤJapanese
カラコシュJapanese
バクディーダJapanese
BakhdidaNorwegian
BakhdidaNorwegian Bokmål
BakhdidaNorwegian Nynorsk
ܒܓܕܝܕܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܒܟܕܝܕܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܚܡܕܐܢܝܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܩܪܗ ܩܘܫOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
بغدیداPersian
Al-HamdanijjaPolish
БахдидаRussian
БахдидаSerbian
Al HamdanijaSlovenian
BahdidaSlovenian
KarakošSlovenian
BakhdidaSwedish
KarakoshTurkish
БахдідаUkrainian
بغدیدہUrdu

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