Beban

Beban
Bêban
بيبان
Village
Beban is located in Iraq
Beban
Beban
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°41′55″N 43°9′7″E / 36.69861°N 43.15194°E / 36.69861; 43.15194
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region (de facto)
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
DistrictTel Kaif District

Beban (Arabic: بيبان, Kurdish: بێبان, romanized: Bêban) is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Beban has exclusively Yazidi population.

Etymology

The name Beban is derived from the Assyrian "Beth-Bane".

References

  1. ↑ "The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts". 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "نڤيسينگه‌ها لالش بێبان سميناره‌ك لدۆر هه‌ڤژينيا پێش وه‌خت گێرا" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.[permanent dead link]
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  4. 1 2 3 "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.