Ankawa
Ankawa is a suburb and neighborhood of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Ankawa is a suburb and neighborhood of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 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.
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Worth seeing in and around Ankawa
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Citadel of Erbil
The Citadel of Erbil, locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The citadel was added to the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014.
4.5 km · citadel and archaeological settlement hill in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan · Wikipedia - 02St. Joseph's Cathedral, Ankawa
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Ankawa, also known as Cathedral of Mar Yousif, is the Chaldean Catholic cathedral and seat of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan created under the pontificate of Pope Paul VI. The cathedral, named for Saint Joseph, follows the East Syriac Rite of the Chaldean Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular churches that make up the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See in Rome.
200 m · Chaldean Catholic cathedral in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan · Wikipedia - 03Jalil Khayat Mosque
The Jalil Khayat Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is the largest mosque in Erbil.
3.8 km · modern mosque in Erbil · Wikipedia - 04Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum
The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a museum devoted to textiles and other cultural works produced in Kurdistan, especially in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the Citadel of Erbil in Iraq.
4.6 km · museum in Iraqi Kurdistan Region about Kurdish heritage · Wikipedia - 05Sami Abdulrahman Park
Sami Abdul Rahman Park is a park in Erbil, Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
4.2 km · Sami Park · Wikipedia - 06Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and Tekke
The Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and Tekke, also known as the Mzgawti Xanaqa, is a religious complex comprising a Sufi mosque, tekke, library, and marketplace, located near the UNESCO World Heritage citadel in the city of Erbil, in the Erbil Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Completed in 1805 CE, the site was renovated in 1961.
4.7 km · sufi lodge and mosque located in Iraqi Kurdistan · Wikipedia - 07Syriac Heritage Museum
The Syriac Heritage Museum is a museum in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The museum is one of the most significant museums in the city of Erbil.
700 m · cultural history museum in Kurdistan Region, Iraq · Wikipedia - 08Erbil Stones and Gems Museum
Erbil Stones and Gems Museum is a small museum located within the Citadel of Erbil, at the heart of the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
4.6 km · Museum in Erbil, Iraq · Wikipedia - 09Salahaddin University-Erbil shooting
On the morning of June 28, 2022, two university professors in Salahaddin University-Erbil were killed in an armed attack by a former student. In two separate shooting incidents, the suspect killed the dean of Salahadin College of Law, Karwan Ismail, and Engineering College teacher Irdis Ezzat.
4.2 km · 2022 university shooting in Iraq · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ankawa
- Airports
- Erbil (EBL), 4 km · Kirkuk (KIK), 90 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 290 km
- Stations
- Erbil International Airport, 2.9 km
- Kirkuk → Ankawa92 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · $8–11
- Baghdad → Ankawa323 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · $29–40
- Najaf → Ankawa468 km · quickest by air, 5h 57m · $140–210
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ankawa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ankawa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundCompared with other cities in the Middle East, shared taxis and buses are very infrequent and impractical.
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Next door to Ankawa
Ankawa is 4 km from Erbil, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Erbil Districtdistrict in Iraq2.4 km