Karamlesh
Karamlesh is a town in northern Iraq located less than 18 miles south east of Mosul. It is surrounded by many hills that along with it made up the historical Assyrian city of Kar-Mullissi, which means "the city of Mullissu" in Akkadian.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Iraq
- Also known as: “Karamles”, “Karamlish”, “Karemlesh”, “Keramlais, Kirmalays, Qaryat Kiramlīs, قرية كرمليس, Keramlais, Kirmalays, Qaryat Kiramlis, قرية كرمليس”, “Kirmalays”, “Qaryat Karamlays”, and “Qaryat Kiramlīs”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Hamdaniya District and Bartella.
Al-Hamdaniya District
Town
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
Qaraqosh is a city in the Nineveh Governorate, of Iraq located about 32 kilometres southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 kilometres west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Kalhu and Nineveh. Al-Hamdaniya District is situated 5 km southwest of Karamlesh.
Bartella
Bartella is a town that is located in the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, about 21 kilometres east of Mosul. Bartella was liberated from ISIL control on October 20, 2016 by Iraqi Special Operations Forces along with the Nineveh Plain Protection Units and PMF Brigade 30, who both currently control and run the city's security.Balawat
Village
Balawat is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province. It lies 25 kilometres southeast from the city of Mosul and 4 kilometres to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. Balawat is situated 9 km south of Karamlesh.
Karamlesh
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.30563° or 36° 18′ 20″ northLongitude
43.41411° or 43° 24′ 51″ eastElevation
280 metres (919 feet)Open location code
8H858C47+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2484131575OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Karamlesh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرية كرمليس”
- Arabic: “كرملس”
- Arabic: “كرملش”
- Arabic: “كرمليس”
- Central Kurdish: “کەرەملیس”
- Chinese: “卡兰里斯”
- Chinese: “卡蘭里斯”
- Dutch: “Karamlesh”
- Dutch: “Karamlish”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كرمليس”
- Finnish: “Karamleš”
- French: “Karamlech”
- French: “Karamlish”
- French: “Keramlais”
- German: “Karemlasch”
- German: “Karemlash”
- German: “Keramlais”
- Irish: “Karamlish”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karamles”
- Norwegian: “Karamles”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܟܪܡܠܫ”
- Persian: “کرملیس”
- Spanish: “Karamlech”
- Swedish: “Karamles”
- Turkish: “Karamliş”
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