Wādī al ‘Amīq

Wādī al ‘Amīq is a wadi in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Wādī al ‘Amīq is situated nearby to the village Sharafiyah, as well as near the locality Sharfīyah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rabban Hormizd Monastery.

Rabban Hormizd Monastery

Church

Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.

Rabban Hormizd Monastery is an important convent to the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church, founded about 640 AD by the Church of the East, carved out in the mountains about 2 miles from Alqosh, Iraq, 28 miles north of Mosul. Rabban Hormizd Monastery is situated 4 km north of Wādī al ‘Amīq.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alqosh and Sharafiyah.

Alqosh

Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.

Alqosh is an ethnically Assyrian town in the contested Nineveh Province of Iraq, but controlled by Iraqi Kurdistan.

Sharafiyah

Village

Photo: Atoraya, Public domain.

Sharafiya is a village in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District situated 40 km northwest of the city of Mosul and is on the main road that connects Mosul to Alqosh, which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Sharafiyah is situated 3 km south of Wādī al ‘Amīq.

Khatarah

Village

Khatarah is a town located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located 50 kilometres north of Mosul in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Khatarah has a mainly Yazidi population. Khatarah is situated 8 km southwest of Wādī al ‘Amīq.

Wādī al ‘Amīq

Type: Wadi
Also known as: “Wadi al `Amiq”
Category: body of water
Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.715° or 36° 42′ 54″ north

Longitude

43.10389° or 43° 6′ 14″ east

Elevation

469 metres (1,539 feet)

Open location code

8H85P483+2H

GeoNames ID

445630

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