The town received thousands of primarily Christian Refugees from Nineveh Plains in 2014, many of whom have returned since 2017.
Website
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Ankawa (Arabic: عنكاوا, romanized: Ankāwā;[2] Kurdish: عەنکاوە, romanized: Ankawa,[3][4] Syriac: ܥܲܢܟܵܒ̣ܵܐ) is a suburb of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.[5] It is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Christian Assyrians, most of whom adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church.[6]
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^"KRG Imposes Discriminatory New Regulation on Assyrians in Ankawa". July 14, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2020. Ankawa, also known as Ainkawa, is a predominantly Chaldean-populated suburb of Erbil. Its population is now estimated to be approximately 60,000. Roughly 80% of the town's population is Christian; the majority of its Christian residents are adherents to the Chaldean Catholic Church. Located just outside Erbil, the town is considered to be the last Christian Assyrian stronghold in the Kurdistan Region.
Ankawa (Arabic: عنكاوا, romanized: Ankāwā; Kurdish: عەنکاوە, romanized: Ankawa, Syriac: ܥܲܢܟܵܒ̣ܵܐ) is a suburb of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq...
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commission. He also advocated for the rights of the Christian inhabitants of Ankawa. In the events of 1941, the Iraqi royal family chose his house as the most...
rector of the seminary, he founded the St. Aday and St. Mari complex in Ankawa to allow the seminarians to resume their spiritual, theological, and pastoral...
in Ankawa. Abdoka was born in 1984 in the city of Ankawa, Erbil, where he grew up. While his father's side of his family was directly from Ankawa, his...
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October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024. "IRAQ: Ramy Noori appointed mayor of Ankawa District by Erbil Provincial Council". 13 May 2022. Archived from the original...
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the city of Erbil. It is located within the Christian neighbourhood of Ankawa overlooking the ancient Qasra hill. The museum received permission from...
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Assyrian Jeremiah Shamir, a former monk and known manuscript dealer from Ankawa, was seemingly implicated in this affair. A translation of the Yazidi Book...
1, 2010. Ankawa.con. "الاف الغديداي يتوجهون الى مراكز الاقتراع للاشتراك في الانتخابات وقائمة النهرين وطني تأتي في المرتبة الثانية". Ankawa.com. Retrieved...
Kifri. Erbil's citadel also contains the Turkmen Culture House. Erbil's Ankawa district is mainly populated by Christian Assyrians. The district houses...
is a Spanish actor. Los Serrano (2003–2008) as Francisco "Curro" Serrano Ankawa (2006) as guest role Goal! 2: Living the Dream... (2007) as Enrique Jorge...
indicates score after each Sulaka goal. Sulaka was born in the suburb of Ankawa in Erbil, Iraq into an ethnic Assyrian family. In 2002, at the age of 10...
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