Tel Kaif District

Tel Kaif District (also Tel Keyf, Tel Kayf, Tel Kef or Tel Keppe (Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ), (Arabic: تل كيف)), Aramaic for "Hill of Stones", is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is majority Assyrian and Yazidi with a minority of Arabs.

Tel Kaif
Classical Syriac: ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ, Arabic: تل كيف
Tel Kaif District (blue) in Ninawa
Tel Kaif District (blue) in Ninawa
CountryIraq
GovernorateNineveh (de jure), about 1/2 of the district in Duhok Governorate (de facto)
SeatTel Keppe
Area
  Total1,244 km2 (480 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
  Total167,647
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)

Towns and villages include:

See also


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