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.
Wikipedia
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  • Town with 40,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 334 metres (1,096 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Ba‘shīqah”
    “Bashīqa, بعشيقة, Bashiqa, بەعشیقە”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bahzani.
, literally from the Syriac words meaning…

Bashiqa

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Latitude
36.45046° or 36° 27′ 2″ north
Longitude
43.34977° or 43° 20′ 59″ east
Open location code
8H85F82X+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4378828619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
97863
Wiki­data ID
Q4866822

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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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