Qaraqosh

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Qaraqosh
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
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 Assyrian
gptkbp:governorate gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Assyria
https://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:Assyrian
gptkb:Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5