Iraqi Kurdistan
Nineveh Governorate
Shekhan District

Lalish

Lalish is a mountain valley and temple located in the Nineveh Plains, Iraq. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith.
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  • Type: Village with an elevation of 717 metres
  • Description: valley and temple in Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Gali Lalish”

Lalish

Latitude
36.7715° or 36° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
43.303° or 43° 18′ 11″ east
Elevation
717 metres (2,352 feet)
Open location code
8H85Q8C3+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2232575715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
445483
Wiki­data ID
Q1017666
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Lalish” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لالش”
  • Arabic: “معبد لالش”
  • Arabic: “وادي لالش”
  • Armenian: “Լալեշ”
  • Armenian: “Լալեշը”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laliş məbədi”
  • Bengali: “লালিশ”
  • Catalan: “Lalish”
  • Cebuano: “Gālī Lālish”
  • Central Kurdish: “لالش”
  • Chuvash: “Лалеш”
  • Czech: “Láliš”
  • Danish: “Lalish”
  • Dutch: “Lalish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لالش”
  • Esperanto: “Laliŝ”
  • Finnish: “Lališ”
  • French: “Lalesh”
  • Georgian: “ლალეში”
  • Georgian: “ლალიში”
  • Georgian: “შეიხ ადის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Lalesch”
  • German: “Lalis”
  • German: “Laliş”
  • German: “Lalisch”
  • German: “Lalish”
  • Hebrew: “לאלש”
  • Hungarian: “Láles”
  • Hungarian: “Lális”
  • Irish: “Lalish”
  • Italian: “Lalish”
  • Japanese: “ラーリーシュ”
  • Japanese: “ラリシュ”
  • Japanese: “ラリッシュ”
  • Kurdish: “Gelyê Lalish”
  • Kurdish: “Laliş”
  • Kurdish: “گەليێ لالش”
  • Kurdish: “لالش”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lalish”
  • Norwegian: “Lalish”
  • Persian: “لالش”
  • Persian: “لالیش”
  • Polish: “Lalisz”
  • Portuguese: “Lalish”
  • Russian: “Барат”
  • Russian: “Джамаи Лалыш”
  • Russian: “Джамаи”
  • Russian: “Каниа Спи”
  • Russian: “Кания Спи”
  • Russian: “Канья Спи”
  • Russian: “Лалеш”
  • Russian: “Лалиш”
  • Russian: “Лалыш”
  • Spanish: “Lalish”
  • Swedish: “Gālī Lālish”
  • Turkish: “Laliş vadisi”
  • Turkish: “Laliş”
  • Ukrainian: “Лалеш”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаліш”
  • Urdu: “لالش”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lalish”. Photo: Lamacchiacosta, CC BY-SA 4.0.