Salkah

Salkah is a village in Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate. Salkah is situated nearby to the village Bavian, as well as near بەرەشا.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koxie and Jirawanah.

Koxie

Village

Koxhie is a mountainous village in Nineveh Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, within the Shikhan District. Koxie is situated 4 km north of Salkah.

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. Jirawanah is situated 9 km southwest of Salkah.

Salkah

Type: Village
Also known as: “Salkah, Silka, سلكة, Salkah, Silka, سلكة”, “Silka”, and “سێلکا”
Category: locality
Location: Shekhan District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.74446° or 36° 44′ 40″ north

Longitude

43.44011° or 43° 26′ 24″ east

Elevation

477 metres (1,565 feet)

Open location code

8H85PCVR+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2488236412

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

6999634

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In Other Languages

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

Arabic: “سلكة”
French: “Salkah”
German: “Salkah”
Kurdish: “Slke”
Kurdish: “سلكە”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Selka Airport and Bavian Mosque.

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