Khoshaba
Khoshaba | ||
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Coordinates | 36 ° 38 ′ N , 43 ° 11 ′ E | |
Country | Iraq | |
Governorate | Ninawa | |
District | Tel Kaif | |
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height | 371 m |
Khoshaba (also Khawshaba , Arabic خوشابا, Kurmanji Xoşaba, or more frequently Xoshaba , Xaoshaba , Xaushaba , Xawshaba ) is a jesidisches village in the north of Iraq . The village is located about 20 km southeast of the Assyrian city of Alqosh and about 9 km northeast of the Assyrian city of Telskuf in the Tel Kaif district in the Ninawa governorate . The place is located in the Nineveh Plain and is one of the disputed areas of Northern Iraq . The residents of the place are exclusively Yazidis .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq. (PDF) In: Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010, accessed December 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Yazidis in Iraq. In: European Center for Kurdish Studies. February 17, 2010, accessed December 3, 2018 .