Bāqasrah

Bāqasrah is an abandoned locality in Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate. Bāqasrah is situated nearby to the locality Jirawanah, as well as near Batnār.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jirawanah and Ain Sifni.

Jirawanah

Locality

Photo: Leviclancy, CC0.

Jerwan is a locality north of Mosul in the Nineveh Province of Iraq. The site is clear of vegetation and is sparsely settled. The site is famous for the ruins of an enormous aqueduct crossing the Khenis River, constructed of more than two million dressed stones and using stone arches and waterproof cement.

Ain Sifni

Town

Ain Sifni also known as Shekhan, is a town and subdistrict in the Shekhan District of the Nineveh Plains, within the Nineveh Governorate of northern Iraq. Ain Sifni is situated 4 km northwest of Bāqasrah.

Essyan

Village

Photo: Farhad.y.k, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Essyan is a village, which is situated 9 km northwest of Bāqasrah.

Bāqasrah

Type: Abandoned locality
Also known as: “Baqasra”, “Baqasrah”, “Baqasre”, and “Baqosra”
Location: Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.6665° or 36° 39′ 59″ north

Longitude

43.37568° or 43° 22′ 32″ east

Elevation

427 metres (1,401 feet)

Open location code

8H85M98G+H7

GeoNames ID

97998

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Bāqasrah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “باقسرة”
Kurdish: “Baqesirê”
Kurdish: “Baqisre”
Kurdish: “باقسرە”
Kurdish: “باقەسرێ”

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