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″ northLongitude
43.10389° or 43° 6′ 14″ eastElevation
469 metres (1,539 feet)Open location code
8H85P483+2HGeoNames ID
445630
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