Bā‘adhrah

Bā‘adhrah is a locality in Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate. Bā‘adhrah is situated nearby to the town Bahadre, as well as near the abandoned locality Bīdyān.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bahadre and Essyan.

Bahadre

Town

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Baadre is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Nineveh Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.

Essyan

Village

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

Essyan is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Bā‘adhrah.

Lalish is a mountain valley and temple located in the Nineveh Plains, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith.

Bā‘adhrah

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Ba’adhrah”, “Ba‘adrie”, “Ba‘edrē”, “Bā‘idhrah”, “Bā‘idrah”, “Baedwa”, and “Baidhra”
Location: Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.71946° or 36° 43′ 10″ north

Longitude

43.25433° or 43° 15′ 16″ east

Elevation

494 metres (1,621 feet)

Open location code

8H85P793+QP

GeoNames ID

98142

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Bā‘adhrah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “باعذرة”
Kurdish: “Ba‘dwe”
Kurdish: “باعدوە”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bīdyān and Baydbān.

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