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”, “al-Qux”, “Algōsh”, “Alkosh”, “Alkosz”, “Alqoush”, “Alqush”, “Алкош”, “Алькуш”, “قوش”, and “アルコーシュ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rabban Hormizd Monastery.

Church
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
is an important convent…

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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Alqosh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألقوش‎”
  • Arabic: “ألقوش”
  • Arabic: “القوش”
  • Asturian: “Alqosh”
  • Bengali: “আলকোশ”
  • Catalan: “Alqosh”
  • Cebuano: “Al Qūsh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلقوش”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلقۆش”
  • Chinese: “亚勒辜须”
  • Chinese: “亞勒辜須”
  • Dutch: “Alqosh”
  • Finnish: “Alqoš”
  • French: “Alqosh”
  • Galician: “Alqux”
  • German: “Alqosch”
  • German: “Alqosh”
  • Hebrew: “אלקוש”
  • Irish: “Alqosh”
  • Italian: “Alqosh”
  • 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): “ܐܠܩܘܫ”
  • Persian: “القوش”
  • Polish: “Alkusz”
  • Russian: “Алькаш”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кош”
  • Slovenian: “Alkoš”
  • Spanish: “Alqosh”
  • Swedish: “Alqosh”
  • Turkish: “Alqosh”
  • Urdu: “القوش”

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