Karamlesh

Karamlesh is a town in northern located less than 18 miles south east of . 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.
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  • 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.

Town
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
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 . is situated 5 km southwest of Karamlesh.

is a town that is located in the Nineveh Plains in northern , about 21 kilometres east of . 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.

Village
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 and 4 kilometres to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. is situated 9 km south of Karamlesh.

Karamlesh

Latitude
36.30563° or 36° 18′ 20″ north
Longitude
43.41411° or 43° 24′ 51″ east
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
Open location code
8H858C47+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2484131575
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
94700
Wiki­data ID
Q4115974
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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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