Ankawa

Ankawa is a suburb and neighborhood of in , Iraq. It is located 8 kilometres northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Christian Assyrians, most of whom adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Joseph Church and Jalil Khayat Mosque.

Church
Photo: Basharh, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Ankawa, also known as Cathedral of Mar Yousif, is the Chaldean Catholic cathedral and seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan created under the pontificate of Pope Paul VI.

Mosque
Photo: Sarbast.T.Hameed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Sunni in , in the of . It is the largest mosque in Erbil. The mosque was begun by Jalil Khayat, who later died in 2005, and it was completed in 2007 by his sons in memory of their father. is situated 4 km southeast of Ankawa.

Ankawa

Latitude
36.23265° or 36° 13′ 58″ north
Longitude
43.99706° or 43° 59′ 49″ east
Open location code
8H856XMW+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 779291148
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Kurdish—“Ankawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عنكاوة”
  • Kurdish: “Enkawe”

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