Khoshaba

Village in Iraq

Khoshaba

Village

Yazidi temple in Khoshaba

Khoshaba

Location in Iraq

Coordinates: 36°37′44″N 43°10′35″E﻿ / ﻿36.62889°N 43.17639°E﻿ / 36.62889; 43.17639
Country|  Iraq
Region|  Kurdistan Region (de facto)
Governorate| Nineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
District| Tel Kaif District

Khoshaba (also written Khawshaba, Arabic: خوشابا; Kurdish: خۆشابا, romanized: Xoşaba)[1][2] is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located ca. 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Alqosh and ca. 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[3][4]

Khoshaba is populated by Yazidis.[4]

## Etymology

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Khoshaba comes from the Assyrian-Aramaic word ܚܕܒܫܒܐ khoshaba meaning Sunday.[4][5]

## See also

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* Yazidis in Iraq

## References

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1. ^ "خۆشابا:هۆلا بیرەوەرییان پێتڤی كەلوپەلانە" (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. ^ "Bi çavdêrya berêz"Şêx Şamo" qenepe bo holên laliş li Gundên Xoşaba û Doxata hatine dabînkirin". Bingehê Laliş (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. ^ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
4. ^ a b c "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
5. ^ "Search Entry". www.assyrianlanguages.org. Retrieved 2022-05-08.

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Nineveh Plains in Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq

Main settlements|

| Al-Hamdaniya District|

* Qaraqosh
* Bartella
* Karamlesh
* Bashiqa
* Bahzani

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Tel Kaif District|

* Tel Keppe
* Alqosh
* Batnaya
* Tesqopa
* Baqofa
* Sharafiya
* Bozan
* Khatarah

Shekhan District|

* Ain Sifni
* Dashqotan
* Qasrok
* Ba'adra

Religious sites|

| Christian|

| Chaldean Catholic Church|

* Rabban Hormizd Monastery (640)
* Mar Oraha Monastery (6th century)
* Tomb of Prophet Nahum

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Syriac Catholic Church|

* Mar Behnam Monastery (4th century)

Syriac Orthodox Church|

* Mar Mattai Monastery (363)
* Monastery of Saint John of Dailam (7th century)

Yazidis|

* Lalish (1414)

Archaeological sites|

* Balawat
* Shibaniba
* Nimrud
* Dur-Sharrukin
* Tell Arpachiyah
* Tepe Gawra

See also|

* Peshmerga
* Nineveh Plain Protection Units
* Nineveh Plain Forces
* Qaraqosh Protection Committee
* Dwekh Nawsha

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