Iraq
Nineveh Governorate
Al-Hamdaniya District

Bashiqa

Bashiqa is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh plain, between and , on the edges of . The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Yazidis.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Ba‘shīqah”, “Ba’shiqah”, “Bashīqa”, and “Bashīqa, بعشيقة, Bashiqa, بەعشیقە”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bahzani.

Village
, literally from the Syriac words meaning "house of treasure," is a town located in the of the in northern .

Bashiqa

Latitude
36.45046° or 36° 27′ 2″ north
Longitude
43.34977° or 43° 20′ 59″ east
Elevation
334 metres (1,096 feet)
Open location code
8H85F82X+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4378828619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
97863
Wiki­data ID
Q4866822
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bashiqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بعشيقة”
  • Arabic: “بعشيقه”
  • Catalan: “Bashiqa”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەعشیقە”
  • Danish: “Bashika”
  • Dutch: “Bashiqa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بعشيقه”
  • Finnish: “Bašiqa”
  • French: “Bachiqa”
  • French: “Bashika”
  • French: “Bashiqa”
  • German: “Baschiqa”
  • Hebrew: “בעשיקה”
  • Irish: “Bashiqa”
  • Italian: “Bashiqa”
  • Persian: “بعشیقه”
  • Polish: “Baszika”
  • Portuguese: “Bashiqa”
  • Russian: “Башика”
  • Swedish: “Bashiqa”
  • Turkish: “Başika”

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