Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh)
E572359
Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh) is a predominantly Christian town in northern Iraq known as one of the largest Assyrian communities in the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh) canonical | 1 |
| Qaraqosh | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place in Iraq
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| demographics |
predominantly Christian population
ⓘ
significant Assyrian population ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorateCapitalOf | Hamdaniya District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Al-Hamdaniya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baghdeda NERFINISHED ⓘ Bakhdida NERFINISHED ⓘ Qaraqosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
Assyrian festivals and customs
ⓘ
Syriac Christian liturgical traditions ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
churches
ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ traditional Assyrian Christian culture ⓘ |
| hasNotableBuilding |
Al-Tahira Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Immaculate Conception Syriac Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousRole |
center of Syriac Catholic community in Iraq
ⓘ
important center for Assyrian Christianity ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationGroup |
Arameans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the largest Assyrian towns in Iraq
ⓘ
large Assyrian Christian community ⓘ |
| liberatedIn | 2016 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nineveh Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Hamdaniya District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Nineveh Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mosul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic Assyrian homeland ⓘ |
| regionType | Christian-majority area in Iraq ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Chaldean Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousMajority | Christians ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent |
Islamic State occupation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
destruction of churches and homes ⓘ displacement of Christian population ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+3 ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Qaraqosh