Qaraqosh

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Qaraqosh

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Bakhdida
gptkbp:coordinates	36.2711°N 43.3786°E
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:district	gptkb:Al-Hamdaniya_District
gptkbp:dominantIn	gptkb:Syriac_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Syriac_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Assyrian
gptkbp:governorate	gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate
gptkbp:historicalRegion	gptkb:Assyria
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Qaraqosh
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Syriac
gptkbp:liberatedBy	October 2016
gptkbp:notableEvent	ISIS occupation (2014-2016)
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:St._Behnam_Church gptkb:Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception
gptkbp:population	approximately 50,000
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Pope_Francis March 2021
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate gptkb:Syriac_Christianity gptkb:Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6