Bartella

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Bartella is a historically Assyrian Christian town in northern Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, known for its ancient churches and proximity to Mosul.

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Bartella canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
town
administrativeDivision Hamdaniya District
affectedBy ISIL occupation of Nineveh Plain
Iraqi Civil War
country Iraq
dominantChristianDenomination Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
governorateCapitalNearby Mosul
hasCulturalHeritage Assyrian customs
Syriac Christian traditions
hasEthnicCommunity Assyrians
Shabaks
linked to: Shabak
hasFeature historic Christian cemeteries
monasteries nearby
hasReligiousBuilding Immaculate Conception Church
Mar Aho Dama Church
Mar Gorgis Church
Mar Youhanna Church
historicalAffiliation Church of the East (in earlier centuries)
historicalLanguage Aramaic
Syriac
historicalPopulationMajority Assyrian Christians
linked to: الآشوريين
locatedEastOf Mosul
locatedIn Nineveh Governorate
northern Iraq
locatedNear Mosul
locatedOn Nineveh Plain road network
modernSpokenLanguage Arabic
Syriac
partOf Nineveh Plains Christian settlements
linked to: Nineveh Plains
postISILReconstruction churches
housing
recapturedBy Iraqi forces
linked to: Iraqi Armed Forces
recaptureYear 2016
region Nineveh Plain
linked to: Nineveh Plains
religiousHeritage ancient churches
religiousHolidayObserved Christmas
Easter
Feast of Mar Gorgis
religiousMinorityStatus Christian minority in Iraq
securityStatus part of disputed and sensitive security zone in Nineveh Plain
timeZone UTC+3
traditionalInhabitants Assyrians
traditionalReligion Christianity

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nineveh Plains contains Bartella
Karamlesh nearbyCity Bartella