Arrapha

Arrapha or Arrapkha was an ancient Near Eastern city or kingdom in what today is northeastern , speculated to be located at . In 1948, Arrapha became the name of the residential area in Kirkuk which was built by the North Oil Company as a settlement for its workers.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Arripha”, “Mahallat ‘Urfah”, and “Maḩallat ‘Urfah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirkuk International Airport and Synagogue and shrine Prophet Daniel.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an airport located in , . The airport officially opened in 16 October 2022 for civil visitors.

Synagogue
The Mosque of Prophet Daniel is a and mausoleum that is part of the Kirkuk Citadel territory, located in , . The mosque contains a shrine, in which local tradition affirms that Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are buried in. is situated 4 km east of Arrapha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkuk.

Photo: Leviclancy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in . However, its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the Iraqi government.

Arrapha

Latitude
35.48182° or 35° 28′ 55″ north
Longitude
44.35649° or 44° 21′ 23″ east
Elevation
329 metres (1,079 feet)
Open location code
8H76F9J4+PH
Geo­Names ID
98715
Wiki­data ID
Q672905
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Ukrainian—“Arrapha” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አራፕኻ”
  • Arabic: “عرفة، العراق”
  • Arabic: “عرفة”
  • Arabic: “محلة عرفة”
  • Basque: “Arapha”
  • Catalan: “Arrapha”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئارەپخا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەرەپخا”
  • Central Kurdish: “عەرەفە”
  • Chinese: “阿拉普哈”
  • Dutch: “Arrapha”
  • French: “Arrapha”
  • German: “Arrapcha”
  • German: “Arrapḫa”
  • Greek: “Άρραφα”
  • Hebrew: “ארפחה”
  • Hebrew: “עראפה”
  • Italian: “Arrapha”
  • Japanese: “アーラパ”
  • Japanese: “アラプハ”
  • Japanese: “アラプハ王国”
  • Korean: “아라파”
  • Lithuanian: “Arapha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arrapha”
  • Norwegian: “Arrapha”
  • Persian: “آرافا”
  • Polish: “Arrapha”
  • Portuguese: “Arrapa”
  • Russian: “Аррапха”
  • Slovenian: “Arrapha”
  • Spanish: “Arrapḫa”
  • Turkish: “Arrapha”
  • Ukrainian: “Аррапха”

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