Alqosh

Alqosh is an ethnically Assyrian town in the contested Nineveh Province of , but controlled by .
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  • Type: Town with 15,000 residents
  • Description: city in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Qush”, “Algōsh”, “Alkosh”, “Alqoush”, and “Alqush”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rabban Hormizd Monastery.

Church
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
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, , 28 miles north of .

Alqosh

Latitude
36.7348° or 36° 44′ 5″ north
Longitude
43.0974° or 43° 5′ 51″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)
Open location code
8H85P3MW+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2480179007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
99000
Wiki­data ID
Q1150394
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Satellite Map

Discover Alqosh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Alqosh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألقوش‎”
  • Arabic: “ألقوش”
  • Arabic: “القوش”
  • Arabic: “قوش”
  • Asturian: “Alqosh”
  • Bengali: “আলকোশ”
  • Catalan: “al-Qux”
  • Catalan: “Alqosh”
  • Cebuano: “Al Qūsh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلقوش”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلقۆش”
  • Chinese: “亚勒辜须”
  • Chinese: “亞勒辜須”
  • Dutch: “Al Qūsh”
  • Dutch: “Alqosh”
  • Finnish: “Alqoš”
  • French: “Alqosh”
  • Galician: “Alqux”
  • German: “Alqosch”
  • German: “Alqosh”
  • Hebrew: “אלקוש”
  • Irish: “Alqosh”
  • Italian: “Alqosh”
  • Japanese: “アルコーシュ”
  • Japanese: “エルコシュ”
  • Kurdish: “Elkîş”
  • Kurdish: “Elqush”
  • Kurdish: “ئەلقوش”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alqosh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alqosh”
  • Norwegian: “Alqosh”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Alkosh”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Alqosh”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Alqush”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܠܩܘܫ”
  • Persian: “القوش”
  • Polish: “Alkosz”
  • Polish: “Alkusz”
  • Polish: “Alqosh”
  • Russian: “Алкош”
  • Russian: “Алькаш”
  • Russian: “Алькуш”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кош”
  • Slovenian: “Alkoš”
  • Spanish: “Alqosh”
  • Swedish: “Al Qūsh”
  • Swedish: “Alqosh”
  • Turkish: “Alqosh”
  • Urdu: “القوش”

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