Nahum Synagogue
Nahum Synagogue is a synagogue in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Nahum Synagogue is situated nearby to the church St. George Cathedral, as well as near St. Michael.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rabban Hormizd Monastery.
Rabban Hormizd Monastery
Church
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
Rabban Hormizd Monastery 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, Iraq, 28 miles north of Mosul. Rabban Hormizd Monastery is situated 2 km northeast of Nahum Synagogue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alqosh and Sharafiyah.
Alqosh
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
Alqosh is an ethnically Assyrian town in the contested Nineveh Province of Iraq, but controlled by Iraqi Kurdistan.
Sharafiyah
Village
Photo: Atoraya, Public domain.
Sharafiya is a village in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq, a sub-district of the Tel Kaif District situated 40 km northwest of the city of Mosul and is on the main road that connects Mosul to Alqosh, which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Sharafiyah is situated 5 km south of Nahum Synagogue.
Khatarah
Village
Khatarah is a town located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located 50 kilometres north of Mosul in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Khatarah has a mainly Yazidi population. Khatarah is situated 10 km southwest of Nahum Synagogue.
Nahum Synagogue
- Type: Synagogue
- Address: Alqosh
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.7385° or 36° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
43.09631° or 43° 5′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8H85P3QW+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 938211490OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Nahum Synagogue” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النبي ناحوم”
- French: “Nahum”
- German: “Nahums Grab”
- Hebrew: “קבר נחום הנביא”
- Polish: “Nahum”
- Portuguese: “Naum”
- Russian: “Наум (пророк)”
- Spanish: “Nahum (profeta)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. George Cathedral and St. Michael.
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