Tel Keppe

Tel Keppe
ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ
Chaldean Catholics from Tel Keppe
Chaldean Catholics from Tel Keppe
Tel Keppe is located in Iraq
Tel Keppe
Tel Keppe
Coordinates: 36°29′22″N 43°7′9″E / 36.48944°N 43.11917°E / 36.48944; 43.11917
Country Iraq
GovernorateNineveh
DistrictTel Kaif District
Government
 • MayorRaad Naser
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total40,000
 Prior to ISIS, August 2014
DemonymAssyrian:Tel-Kepnaya (m)/Tel-Kepnetha (f) Arabic:Tel-Kayfi (m)/Tel-Kayfiya (f)

Tel Keppe (Syriac: ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ Tel Kepe, Arabic: تل كيف Tall Kayf, alternatively spelled Tel Kaif, Tilkepe, or Telkef) is a town in northern Iraq.[2][3][4][5] It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Mosul.[6]

  1. ^ هل كانت تلكيف بلدة آشورية قديمة؟ Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, فؤاد يوسف قزانجي
  2. ^ "Mayor of Tel Keppe Reinstated After Unlawful Dismissal by KDP". Assyrian Policy Institute. 2018-08-09.
  3. ^ McDonald, Shalle' (2016-03-31). "Assyrian Christians' Mideast fate tied to world powers' agendas, expert says". JNS.org. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ^ Totiyapungprasert, Priscilla. "'He was never afraid': Remembering the Gilbert liquor store owner who died of COVID-19". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ Poulson, Stephen C. (2017-01-01), "Patterns of Violence Directed against Civilians in Small Ethnic Enclaves during War in Iraq (2003–2009)", Non-State Violent Actors and Social Movement Organizations, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, vol. 41, Emerald Publishing Limited, p. 77, doi:10.1108/S0163-786X20170000041014, ISBN 978-1-78714-191-9
  6. ^ Welcome to Tel Keppe at ChaldeansOnline http://www.chaldeansonline.org/telkeppe/ Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine