Mangesh, Iraq

Mangesh
Village
Mangesh is located in Iraq
Mangesh
Mangesh
Location in Iraq
Mangesh is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Mangesh
Mangesh
Mangesh (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°02′08.0″N 43°05′35.5″E / 37.035556°N 43.093194°E / 37.035556; 43.093194
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictDohuk District
Sub-districtMangesh
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
1,285[1]

Mangesh (Arabic: مانكيش,[2] Kurdish: مانگێش,[3] Syriac: ܡܢܓܝܫ)[4][nb 1] is a village and sub-district in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Dohuk District.

In the village, there is a church of Mar Gewargis and shrine of Mart Shmuni.[9] The monastery of Mar Abraham of Shamrah was located near the village, and was abandoned in the 14th century.[10]

  1. ^ "Christian Communities in the Kurdistan Region". Iraqi Kurdistan Christianity Project. 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Mangish". Mangish.net. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ "لە گوندێکی دهۆک هەورەبرووسکە 60 سەر مەڕ دەکوژێت". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Mangesh". Ishtar TV. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ Hanna & Barber (2017), p. 55.
  6. ^ Geronico, Luca (25 October 2017). "Iraq. La Gendarmeria vaticana regala un pozzo ai cristiani in Kurdistan". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference aina was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 122.
  9. ^ Donabed (2015), p. 288.
  10. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 132.


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