Ankawa

Ankawa (Syriac: ܥܢܟܒܐ, Arabic:عنكاوا, ‘ankāwā, Kurdish:عه‌نكاوا), is an Iraqi Christian town of about 30,000 people, in practice a suburb of Arbil, Erbil Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan, northern Iraq. It is also a municipality that covers about a tenth of the city of Erbil and surrounding villages. Due to its western characteristics, The town houses the compounds for the majority of the foreign consulates, NGOs and international organizations active in the north of Iraq. It is adjacent to the new Erbil International Airport. Ankawa was originally called Beth Amka - then Amku-Bad, Amkawa, and finally Ankawa. The name of the town in different historical books, including the son of the Hebrew book (a brief history of the countries) where...