Tel Keppe

Tel Keppe
ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ
A photo of the Tel Keppe cemetery
A photo of the Tel Keppe cemetery
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
Government
 • MayorRaad Naser
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total40,000
 Prior to ISIS, August 2014
Young Assyrian Girl in Tel Keppe wearing traditional clothing

Tel Keppe (Syriac: ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ, Arabic: تل كيف, romanized: Tall Kayf) is an predominatly Assyrian populated town in the Nineveh Plains. its residence mostly adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church.

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