Baţnāy
Baţnāy is a locality in Tel Keppe District, Nineveh Governorate. Baţnāy is situated nearby to the town Tel Keppe, as well as near the locality Nizār Sayyid Muḩammad.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mar Oraha Monastery.
Mar Oraha Monastery
Church
Dayra d'Mar Oraha is a Chaldean Catholic monastery in northern Iraq close to the town of Batnaya. The monastery is traditionally attributed to Mar Oraha, who was forced to abandon his hermitage in Mount Alfaf due to a draught, and descended to the Nineveh Plains, where he built his monastery during Ishoʿyahb I's patriarchy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batnaya and Tel Keppe.
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.
Tel Keppe
Town
Tel Keppe is a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian populated town in northern Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi northeast of Mosul. Tel Keppe is situated 5 km south of Baţnāy.
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 6 km north of Baţnāy.
Baţnāy
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Batnai”, “Batnay”, “Batnāy”, and “Bāţnāy”
- Location: Tel Keppe District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.53772° or 36° 32′ 16″ northLongitude
43.12272° or 43° 7′ 22″ eastElevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)Open location code
8H85G4QF+33GeoNames ID
97829
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“Baţnāy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باطناي”
- Arabic: “بطناي”
- Kurdish: “Batanya”
- Kurdish: “Bitnay”
- Kurdish: “باتانيا”
- Kurdish: “بتناى”
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